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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• 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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• I consider the many years I produced 'Frontline' documentaries as the essential building blocks of my success.

  

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• By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

  

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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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• If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.

  

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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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• Before competition, I start to question things. I don't know why it happens, but you've got to control it so you don't get too far out of the race.

  

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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.

  

  Marge Piercy
  • Why
  • Fun
  • Apologize