Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist so long as she manages to also be a good wife, mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed and unaggressive.
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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.Marya Mannes
By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.
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I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society.
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Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so.
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Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
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