Marge Piercy Quotes

People are very afraid of any controversy. We've become very passive spectator types. And when the kids were protesting globilization - quite reasonably - they really got bashed.

Marge Piercy

• People
• Kids
• Globalization
• Controversy
• Spectator

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• I'm a huge fan of 'Heart On My Sleeve' - I think it has a 'Take That' feel to it! John Shanks and James Morrison wrote the track, and we spoke to Sony and asked if we could reference a 'Greatest Day'/'Rule The World' sound to make that epic ballad. I think it does the job.

  

  Olly Murs
  • World
  • Heart
  • Job

• I never pile a plate to the point where it overflows. I'd rather have a small plate with small portions and then get up for more if I'm still hungry.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Up
  • Small
  • Never

• Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
  • Character
  • Right
  • Directors

• Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.

  

  Saina Nehwal
  • Men
  • Shows
  • Rural

• The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.

  

  Taryn Manning Boomkat
  • Song
  • Positive
  • Record

• I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • American
  • Body
  • New York

• The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Mind
  • Hope
  • Pleasure

• You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Good
  • Know
  • Size

• I'm really an honorary Jew, you know; all the best people are. I really do feel Jewish, even though I'm a Catholic. The way the Church has been behaving, I'm happy to be Jewish.

  

  Nathan Lane
  • People
  • Happy
  • Best

• I'm not a god - I do bad things.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • God
  • Bad
  • Things

• A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • Person
  • Theory
  • Fact

• When I was a teen, I thought I would have to choose between my writing or my music or my art, but it turns out it's a difficult juggling game but I can do all of them.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Art

• I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.

  

  Calista Flockhart
  • Mind
  • Like
  • Dog

• I feel really connected to antiquity for some reason.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • Reason
  • Feel
  • Connected

• People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production.

  

  Laura Harrier
  • People
  • Women
  • Black

• I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.

  

  Saffron Burrows
  • Good
  • Very
  • Get

• It's about very talented writers, directors, producers, and actors being in a position for their projects to be supported, but there's just not enough black projects being made.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Black
  • Enough
  • Made

• My parents were both born in Birmingham, Alabama, and come from large Catholic families with lots of Michaels, Marks, and Patricks, so they wanted to choose two names that I don't think you could find anywhere else in the family tree: Haley and Joel.

  

  Haley Joel Osment
  • Family
  • Parents
  • Tree

• I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer.

  

  Aaron Spelling
  • Family
  • Think
  • Me

• People have lost their faith that if they work hard, if they try to get ahead, if they play by the rules, then that will ultimately result in positive outcomes.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • People
  • Work
  • Faith

• People say history is boring, and that is true because people are boring. We haven't changed since time began. We're still the same. We've obviously made some changes. When we started, it was all about food, clothing and shelter. Now we watch 'Top Chef', 'Project Runway', and 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.'

  

  Colin Hay Men at Work
  • People
  • Time
  • Home

• I like individual scents on a girl, so you always recognize her and you keep her separate from other people in your head. I really love Egyptian musk. I've even gone to the mall and sprayed perfumes and just smelled them. I'm creepy. So creepy.

  

  Pete Wentz Fall Out Boy
  • People
  • Girl
  • Creepy

• What is protecting me is that it is not a finality being an actress. I really think we tend to idealize this job a lot. When you're an actress and you're really famous, it means people believe you are on top of the world - and I think that's not true.

  

  Charlotte Le Bon
  • People
  • World
  • Believe

• People are very afraid of any controversy. We've become very passive spectator types. And when the kids were protesting globilization - quite reasonably - they really got bashed.

  

  Marge Piercy
  • People
  • Kids
  • Globalization