Mary Pierce Quotes
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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I am fortunate: my parents told me the world was my oyster, when they could have said I wouldn't make it for a lot of reasons - rural, girl, small African country. So, no regrets.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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Retiring is the easy way out.
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Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery.
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I feel like freedom of speech is one of the great things in this country and the freedom to do what you feel is right.
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Good fiction reveals feeling, refines events, locates importance and, though its methods are as mysterious as they are varied, intensifies the experience of living our own lives.
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There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership.
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I think a great starting point for a debate and discussion over a national consumption tax is, let's start with the Fair Tax, legislation that has been written up and, I think, signed up on by 80 congressmen and women.
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
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What more can you ask for than to see a ballgame in spring?
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I was much more interested by clothes when I was younger. I'm about being discreet. What they call the French touch, whatever that means. Low profile and somehow elegant without being flashy.
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There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer.
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I think it's important to travel around in order to get a notion of what's going on, to find out what people are think about. I enjoy talking on campuses most because people are more informed and discussion is generally livelier.
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I hope I'm always learning something.
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Our goal was to show people a vision of food they hadn't seen before. So, I had this idea of... let's cut all these things in half, and show a picture of the food in the pan, in the oven.
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One of the things about jail that's weird is that you're sent to a place where you're supposed to sit there and think about your actions and their consequences and why you're there. And I think now, it turns more into - the minute you go there, it's just survival.
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Surround yourself with people who believe in you.
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I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations.
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Those who are bent on revolutionizing society may be divided into those who seek something for themselves thereby and those who seek something for their children and grandchildren.
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You know, my mother's beautiful, my dad was a really handsome man, and there was a lot of talk about looks when I was growing up.
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I didn't want my opponent to know there was anything wrong with me.
