#in

The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. ↗

— Marya Mannes

#curse #diminishes #dreams #end #expectation

For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves. ↗

— Marya Mannes

#because #been #chance #discover #every

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent. ↗

— Marya Mannes

#decisive #factors #successful #talent #timing

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

#american #american men #american women #boring #gain

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not. ↗

— Marya Mannes

#fellows #intelligence #only #our #pretend

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier. ↗

— Marya Mannes

#carrier #cash #desire #eye #female

If nothing else in life, I want to be true to the things I believe in, and quite simply, to what I'm all about. I know I'd better, because it seems whenever I take a false step or two I feel the consequences. ↗

— Peyton Manning

#be true #because #believe #better #consequences

You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters. ↗

— Peyton Manning

#comebacks #first #fourth #guy #hear

I've been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age. ↗

— Nigel Mansell

#been #eight #i #life #since

I would go visit my mom on Sundays, and my brother was working on stuff. I'd go in there and sing a little melody, then we started working with words and the next thing you know it was just born organically without really trying. ↗

— Taryn Manning

#brother #go #i #just #know