Marge Piercy Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.
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Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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I was pregnant, and, like, 'Being a mom's going to be easy!' And now I'm like, 'Great.'
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The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.
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If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life.
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My dream is to have a bed of my own in Los Angeles and one in Sweden.
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If I couldn't have discipline, if I sit up eatin' fried chicken in bed at night, I'd just as soon be dead. I take care of myself.
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And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.
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Oh no! What have I done? I smashed open my little boy's piggy bank, and for what? A few measly cents, not even enough to buy one beer. Wait a minute, lemme count and make sure... not even close.
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Countless people...will hate the New World Order...and will die protesting against it...we have to bear in mind the distress of a generation or so of malcontents.
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As any mother knows, we just want our babies to feel better quickly, and we all do whatever we have to do to help them - no matter how much it inconveniences us or hurts our backs!
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The only time we fail is when we stop trying.
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You wanna do some living before you die. Do it down in New Orleans.
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Teamwork is the ability to work as a group toward a common vision, even if that vision becomes extremely blurry.
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All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.
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True knowledge comes with deep understanding of a topic and its inner workings.
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It was not an adventure; it was my life.
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Sometimes you want to say, “I love you, but…” Yet the “but” takes away the ‘I love you’. In love their are no ‘buts’ or ‘if’s’ or ‘when’. It’s just there, and always. No beginning, no end. It’s the condition – less state of the heart. Not a feeling that comes and goes at the whim of the emotions. It is there in our heart, a part of our heart…eventually grafting itself into each limb and cell of our bodies. Love changes our brain, the way we move and talk. Love lives in our spirit and graces us with its presence each day, until death.
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Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are.
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Connections are made slowly, sometimes they grow underground.