Marge Piercy Quotes
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Congress seems to be very good at doing nothing.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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There were a lot of times people would do my makeup, and it would be awful, and I would be orange. Nothing matched. So then you learn how to do your own makeup. I watched a lot of YouTube videos when I was little and taught myself.
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Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.
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I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing.
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I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
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Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.
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However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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I got a tattoo saying 'Made in England' above my foot to represent that, that I felt like a doll for so long.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.
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I do have a family, and I do have friends, and so-called friends, and acquaintances, and many other people I see only around Christmas time. Maybe they could vouch for me. Maybe they could testify to my existence and save a part of me that thinks I'm no better than a bag of potato chips.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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I'm more of a tough girl, and I'm attracted to things that reflect that in my perfumes. That means sandalwood, musk, amber, and vanilla notes.
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Art is an investigation.
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You, your employer and your plan's investment managers fail to follow even the most basic rules of investing. You overtrade, chase performance, do not think long term. All of you - All Of You - have done a horrible job managing your retirement plans.
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You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important. Art would not be important if life were not important, and life is important.
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The history of other cultures is non-existent until it erupts in confrontation with the United States.
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If our bones were not sending whispers of doubt to our hearts, there would be no need for prayer at all.
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Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.
