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"You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners."
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"The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones."
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"Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything."
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"But I was also told to hold doors for women and children, to shake hands with a firm grip, to remember people's names, and to always give the customer a little more than expected."
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"To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself."
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"I was raised in an era when part of respecting your elders was to call them by Mr. or Mrs. When my children were growing up, an occasional child would call me Susan. It was jarring, felt disrespectful, and I did not like it. We reached a mutual agreement and their friends began calling me Ms. Susan. Perhaps this is more prevalent in the South, however, your awareness and consideration can help prevent social missteps."
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"You lose your manners when you are poor."
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"For benefits by their very greatness spotlight the difference in conditions and arouse a secret annoyance in those who profit from them. But the charm of simple good manners is almost irresistible."
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"Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned."
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"Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners."
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"The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones."
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"One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory."
Happiness
"Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash."
Education
"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."
Friendship
"Humor comes from self-confidence."
Humor
"Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful."
Success
"Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual."
Identity
"As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls."
Woman
"I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate."
Woman
"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."
Reason
"Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash."
Divorce
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