Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.
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When an American heiress wants to buy a man, she at once crosses the Atlantic. The only really materialistic people I have ever met have been Europeans.Mary McCarthy
We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story.
Mary McCarthy
I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about for me. They feel that you've given away trade secrets.
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You musn't force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex.
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Life for the European is a career; for the American it is a hazard.
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I just know that wherever he is, he knows she's doing well and knows what a powerful impact he had on her and he's proud of her. She feels a strong conviction to carry on, stay sober and work hard in his memory.
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