Alter | 121 Jahre |
Beruf | Drehbuchautor, Journalist, Schriftsteller |
Geburtsdatum | Montag, 14. November 1904 |
Geburtsort | New York City |
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Beschreibung | Marya Mannes (* 14. November 1904; † 13. September 1990) war eine amerikanische Schriftstellerin und Kritikerin des 20. Jahrhunderts, bekannt für ihre scharfsinnigen, aber aufschlussreichen Beobachtungen des amerikanischen Lebens. Mannes schrieb ebenfalls unter dem Pseudonym „Sec“. |
All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.
In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.
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.
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.
The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.
