Marge Piercy Quotes
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I live in the moment, and I reflect later.
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In the daytime, I was studying at school and in the evenings, I was a stage kid. I was trained in theatre and public speaking. I was a really active kid.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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I'm very aware that after you've played Cleopatra, there's not a lot that can top that in this sphere, so it means that I want to almost change the sphere I work in rather completely because I will always be comparing it to Cleopatra.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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I have a tendency to think that when you portray baddies in movies, they come out more human than good guys.
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If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots.
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For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown.
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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
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Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.
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Every guy should own one good pair of jeans.
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For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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I can't admit to myself that the creation of a Palestinian state won't happen. What I know is that with each passing year it gets more and more difficult to happen, not least because there is more and more bloodshed, generation upon generation.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The purpose of the Seder to my mind is to inspire conversations with your family about the human drama and hopefully transmit values to the next generation. I've always felt like this could be better.
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The principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement.
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Overstimulation of the adrenal glands (with consequent exhaustion of the spirit) is the price of our incorporation within the male womb of the modern corporate society.
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If sex is a war, I am a conscientious objector: I will not play.
