"Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow……" — Marya Mannes
"Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so."
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51 Quotes by Marya Mannes
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To know the good is to react against the bad. Indifference is the mark of deprivation.
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Self-restraint may be alien to the human temperament, but humanity without restraint will dig its own grave.
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It is not enough to show people how to live better; there is a mandate for any group with enormous…
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The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting…
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Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal.
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It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.
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The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty…
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