Marge Piercy Quotes
When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting piglets of the appetites.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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Initial excitement over the announcement that Enbridge was building a pipeline to Kitimat dampened considerably when people discovered that the number of permanent jobs for locals, in the end, would amount to some dock workers.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.
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I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.
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I think I've become the go-to mustache man. It works in period pieces. Modern-day mustaches are probably creepy. But I get compliments - everyone's like, 'Wow, love the 'stache, dude.'
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I think Paul Weitz is a really amazing director, obviously with tons of acclaim and stuff, but I still think he is underrated. And I think he's amazing to work with, so I was super lucky.
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It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am.
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Were it not for the work of the Holy Spirit there would be no gospel, no faith, no church, no Christianity in the world at all.
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With learning lines, before I had Alfie, I'd put it off and think, 'Oh, I'll just have a glass of wine and then do it later,' but when you've finally got a child to bed and you know you've only got an hour, then you achieve so much.
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When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting piglets of the appetites.
