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Inspirational Quotes by Mary McCarthy
- In violence, we forget who we are
- The happy ending is our national belief.
- Life for the European is a career; for the American it is a hazard.
- Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."
- You mustn't force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex.
- A novelist is an elephant, but an elephant who must pretend to forget.
- To be disesteemed by people you don't have much respect for is not the worst fate.
- Old money is fully as moronic as new money but it has inherited an appearance of cultivation.
- I am for the ones who represent sense, and so was Jane Austen.
- What's the use of falling in love if you both remain inertly as you were?
- There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.
- If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento