Marge Piercy Quotes
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for - to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world.
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Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.
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I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.
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My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.
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Marriage takes work - it doesn't just happen.
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I am lactose intolerant, and I always thought it was really funny how people who are lactose intolerant continue to eat dairy, because they like it so much. And I find it not acceptable.
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I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.
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I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.
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The Dance, of all the arts, is the one that most influences the soul. Dancing is divine in its nature and is the gift of God.
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Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
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McLeavy: I'm innocent. (A little unsure of himself, the beginnings of panic) Doesn't that mean anything to you?
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The work of the world is common as mud.
