Marge Piercy Quotes
A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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Usually, if you read a script by somebody else and there's a dense page of stage directions, people just skip through it or speed read it.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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Oh, I am an angel, though sometimes I wish I was more of a devil.
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People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a day. I'm totally vegan. I blend this green concoction with kale, cucumber, broccoli, string beans, avocado. My protein comes from protein powder. There is absolutely no milk, butter, cheese.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, you have paralysis. It's the perversion of idealism.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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When somebody wants me to sign an old picture, it's like looking at another person.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.
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I attended seminars where many social issues were discussed abstractly, outside the pressures of an immediate situation, and there I developed certain attitudes which permitted me to face the real thing when it came along.
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I could binge-eat cheese - I love any blue cheese. Make it strong; make it deadly.
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When someone asks me about violence, I just find it incredible, because what it means is that the person who’s asking that question has absolutely no idea what black people have gone through, what black people have experienced in this country, since the time the first black person was kidnapped from the shores of Africa.
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Even though I was very young, it was traumatizing seeing someone try weird things on their skin all for the sake of being lighter. It's as common as relaxing your hair or maybe even brushing your teeth. I had friends not wanting to do it, but their moms gave them creams to help lighten their skin. That's how accessible it is.
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It's when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached.
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A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.
