Marilyn Ferguson Quotes
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These years after my liberation were years of reconstruction, and I think I made the right decisions... I mean, I lost everything: my life; my father died; I didn't know anything about my children.
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I would like - either as an actor, or producer or even director - to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like sci-fi, always have, 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' and all that stuff.
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And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
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I still relate to my father very much. I mean, I talk to him in a certain way, as we do talk to the dead.
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Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
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I've been trying to understand conflict and violence ever since I was a kid. You know. There were a few things that happened even on my block - the Black Panthers used to be right around the corner from where we were.
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I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white, and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time, but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent, and I'm not your mommy; I'm a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?' and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.
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I've been singing Shakira songs in front of my bathroom mirror into my hairbrush forever. It's like a daily routine.
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Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.
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If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior.
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While I do not hesitate to applaud certain aspects of the resolution honoring the sacrifices of our courageous soldiers who are risking their lives in Iraq, I cannot be supportive of capitalizing on these very sacrifices for political gain.
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I often go to bed in my birthday suit. But I like teddies and cute little undies that match. I like a sexy bra and panty set, or little shorts.
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Steampunk is not a group of children in a classroom, sitting quietly while the teacher reads a story; it's the kids at recess, playing a wild, endless game of pretend.
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I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.
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When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world.
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I wouldn't mind doing Broadway, but I am definitely trying to get a album out there first.
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You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
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I used to be a huge collector, and my big thing was stickers.
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The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don't vote.
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I often fake my death and then just show up at people's houses. They say 'that's a good one Thom' but I know maybe they don't really think it's a funny joke.
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I feed on conferences.
