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By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.
— Marya Mannes
Tags: yourself, age, you, good

Other Quotes by "Marya Mannes"

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so.
— Marya Mannes
Tags: listen, leave, down, grow, lie
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
Tags: who, chance, never, alone
The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.
— Marya Mannes
Tags: end, greed, reality, romantic, dreams
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.
— Marya Mannes
Tags: communication, enough, live, better, people
Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
— Marya Mannes
Tags: arrogance, use, successful, timing, talent
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