Marshall Field Quotes
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One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public order. Men may, of course, have order without liberty, but they cannot have liberty without order.
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In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
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But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
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If I wasn't in fashion, I would have been a psychiatrist.
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I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible.
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The first English settlers of North America knew they were making history. New Englanders in particular were so sure of it that they started writing their own accounts of themselves as soon as they got here.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.
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I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because I'd written a lot in verse. But, verse stories are hard to sell, so my editor encouraged me to try writing in prose.
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I can't even imagine how it must be to be a solo artist playing with session musicians.
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Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.
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Blind aggressiveness would destroy the attack itself, not the defense.
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Immigration has defined my entire life. My parents left Mozambique with nothing but their wits in search of a better life for their kids. They moved to England in the 1970s, saw the classism there, and left for America soon after.
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For me, teaching helps to reaffirm the right principles and values of acting. It helps me focus on the good stuff that can be easy to lose sight of because the business is so result-oriented.
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I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
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I am a big, confident, happy woman who had a loving childhood, a pleasant career, and a wonderful marriage. I feel very lucky.
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Good will is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.
