Marge Piercy Quotes
Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work.
Quotes to Explore
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.
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There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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Bitcoin is one of the most viral concepts I've ever encountered.
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To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it.
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There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.
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I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
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But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have a nerd character but you're kind of a cool guy, you're probably not going to get the nerd part. The nerd is going to get the nerd part. You know, someone like me.
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The ruling in the Paula Jones case is so silly.
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Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
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Just as little as terror - not even the terror of war - can save the world, just as little can hate ever be anything uplifting. Love is the only firm ground for peace - not only love for one's fellowmen, but first of all, love of one's country.
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The magic kit we developed with Idea Village is an extraordinary success in 40,000 stores across America. The TV commercial we shot for it has produced amazing results - unbelievable.
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In syndication, the biggest buyers are car dealerships.
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I think every business should build on their strengths, and the strengths of Victoria are our clean, green agriculture; the strengths of Victoria are our strong education system.
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I have a theory that no child ever does outgrow its ungratified legitimate desires; though subsequent maturity may bring him to the point where his original desire has reached such astounding proportions that the original object can no longer possibly appease it.
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Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work.
