Marge Piercy Quotes
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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Every sport has its own cast of characters.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
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Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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I don't think that the Grammys are in any way a just way of grading music.
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Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools.
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I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
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Look at the laws: you can't spank a kid without getting in trouble. That kept me in line!
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Writing songs does not get any easier, and that might be because I am harder on myself than I was twenty years ago. Hopefully, as we grow older and change, there are fresh topics, new perspectives, or at least there should be.
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Art is a game only if you playat it, a mirror that reflects from the inside out.
