Patricia Marx Quotes

• Perhaps the most mysterious of all mammals is the male Homo sapiens. Indeed, many anthropologists classify the group as a subspecies.

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  Mammals, Males, Groups

  "Gifts for Him" by Patricia Marx, www.newyorker.com. November 26, 2007.

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• Being serious just makes me a little bit embarrassed.

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  Littles, Serious, Embarrassed

  "Patricia Marx Tells A Tale Of Sweet, Unbalanced Love". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. September 13, 2011.

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• Love can't always be measured by how long u wait,it's about how well u understand WHY and WHAT you are waiting

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  Long, Waiting, Wells

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• The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.

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  Chinese, Capitalism

  "Buy Shanghai!" by Patricia Marx, www.newyorker.com. July 21, 2008.

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• It's always gratifying to share a hobby with a friend, and pining for erstwhile suitors falls into that category. In the months to come, Libby and I would analyze our respective exes with the gusto and intellectual rigor of Jesuits.

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  Fall, Intellectual, Hobbies

  Patricia Marx (2008). “Him Her Him Again The End of Him”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• There better not be a God because I'll be in big trouble.

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  Trouble, Bigs

  Patricia Marx (2008). “Him Her Him Again The End of Him”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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• I love narcissists-even more than they love themselves. You don't have to buoy them up. They are their own razzle-dazzle show and you are the blessed, favored with a front-row seat.

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  Blessed, Dazzle, Buoys

  Patricia Marx (2008). “Him Her Him Again The End of Him”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• Mothers know the difference between a broth and a consommé. And the difference between damask and chintz. And the difference between vinyl and Naugahyde. And the difference between a house and a home. And the difference between a romantic and a stalker. And the difference between a rock and a hard place.

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  Mother, Home, Rocks

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• Christmas cards ... are technically only junk mail from people you know.

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  Christmas, People, Junk

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• New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn't even sit down, and not just because there is no room.

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  New York, Sleep, Cities

  "Buy Shanghai! A city for sale" by Patricia Marx, www.newyorker.com. July 21, 2008.

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• What can you give a friend who has everything? Shelves.

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  Giving, Shelves

  Patricia Marx (1985). “You Can Never Go Wrong by Lying: And Other Solutions to the Moral and Social Dilemmas of Our Time”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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• New York is rich in culture, cuisine, and commerce.

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  New York, Culture, Cuisine

  "Michael's". www.newyorker.com. December 21, 2009.

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• For somebody who is a journalist, I can be awfully unobservant sometimes.

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  Sometimes, Journalist, I Can

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• "Couch surfing" refers to the practice of temporarily lodging with a stranger - free of charge, unless you count being incessantly sociable as payment.

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  Practice, Surfing, Stranger

  "You're Welcome" by Patricia Marx, www.newyorker.com. April 16, 2012.

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• I do not find the concept of consorting with unknown persons appealing.

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  Unknown Person, Persons, Concepts

  "You're Welcome" by Patricia Marx, www.newyorker.com. April 16, 2012.

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• Every nuclear bomb is an Auschwitz waiting to happen.

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  Waiting, Nuclear, Bombs

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• Maybe pretty women were always funny but only now decided to go into comedy.

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  Pretty Woman, Comedy, Decided

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• But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn.

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  Stupid, Coffee, Land

  Patricia Marx (2008). “Him Her Him Again The End of Him”, p.173, Simon and Schuster

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