#or

Every word she writes is a lie, including and and the. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

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I intend to make Georgia howl. ↗

— William Tecumseh Sherman

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In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

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Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field, this product of human activity requires still more labor, incessant, tireless labor, to maintain its identity as a "work" of man. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#behind #case #does #field #finished

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

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The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#begun #completed #consumed #destroyed #finishes

Part of being young is you think gaining 6 lbs. is the end of the world. ↗

— Melissa McCarthy

#end #end of the world #gaining #part #think

I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people. ↗

— Melissa McCarthy

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I went to school for clothing and textiles and thought this is what I was going to do. Then I started working in costumes and literally said, 'I don't know if I can take the actors.' ↗

— Melissa McCarthy

#costumes #going #i #i can #know

I'm always tinkering with something - suddenly I'll think I can work with wood, but then I'll realize I can't, so I go back to sewing. ↗

— Melissa McCarthy

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