"The curse of the romantic is a greed……" — Marya Mannes
"The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality."
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51 Quotes by Marya Mannes
Marya Mannes has 51 quotes on this site.
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No man is a Christian who cheats his fellows, perverts the truth, or speaks of a "clean bomb" yet he…
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To know the good is to react against the bad. Indifference is the mark of deprivation.
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Until we know what motivates the hearts and minds of men we can understand nothing outside ourselves, nor will we…
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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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The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to…
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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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Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages…
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If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women…
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More Curse Quotes
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can…
— Hannah Arendt
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I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid…
— Paul Auster
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I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel,…
— Michele Bachmann
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
— Saint Basil
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Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast…
— Joseph Addison
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With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it…
— Ambrose Bierce
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I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and…
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
— William S. Burroughs
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Some comics really thrive on being disrespectful, especially toward women, and it's somehow understood as edgy, but I'm the opposite.…
— Bryan Callen
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I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.
— Andrew Carnegie
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