Marge Piercy Quotes
I don't apologize for being sexually adventurous. Why not? It was often fun. When it wasn't - I didn't continue what wasn't pleasant.
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Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.
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It's time to bring a change because the world is changing. Let's open our minds and live in present.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
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In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
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I consider the many years I produced 'Frontline' documentaries as the essential building blocks of my success.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
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Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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I feel like maybe I'm part of that generation that became more of a gamer than a video consumer. It's always been something I've done with my spare time. If I had three hours on a Friday night, I'm not out partying. I'm probably playing video games.
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If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?
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Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.
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Hitting is business. With two strikes you really protect that plate.
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It's fun to tease people about where fiction and life intersect.
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My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk.
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I love a ghost story. I think they affect me more than other people that are much more skeptical than I am. I think that it's good that I do buy into them to some degree.
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I don't apologize for being sexually adventurous. Why not? It was often fun. When it wasn't - I didn't continue what wasn't pleasant.
