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Marya Mannes (born November 14, 1904 in New York, NY, died September 13, 1990 in San Francisco, CA) (also known as Maria von Heimburg Mannes) was an American author and critic, known for her caustic but insightful observations of American life
Generosity
with
strings
is not
generosity
It is a
deal
.
Marya Mannes
»
If
American
men are obsessed with money,
American
women are obsessed with
weight
. The men
talk
of gain, the women
talk
of loss, and I do not
know
which
talk
is the
more
boring
.
Marya Mannes
»
It is not
enough
to
show
people
how to live
better
there
is a
mandate
for any
group
with enormous powers of
communication
to
show
people
how to be
better
.
Marya Mannes
»
The
great
omission
in
American
life
is
solitude
. . . that
zone
of
time
and space,
free
from the
outside
pressures, which is the
incinerator
of the
spirit
.
Marya Mannes
»
The
sign
of an intelligent
people
is their
ability
to
control
emotions by the
application
of
reason
.
Marya Mannes
»
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