Marilyn Ferguson Quotes
People who have discovered a purpose feel better, like themselves more, age more subtly, and live longer.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
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It took me years of attempts and failed drafts before I finally wrote the elegies I needed to write.
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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
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Women just love to shop.
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To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them 'show out' when they run a touchdown.
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Most historians and other writers of what we now consider 'primary sources' simply didn't think about women and their contribution to society. They took it for granted, except when that contribution or its lack directly affected men.
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I don't want people following me around, everywhere I go, people talking to me and stuff. I don't want to be walking down the street with a bodyguard. I don't think that will be an issue playing in L.A.
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For as long as I can remember, we've been having debates about the foreign policy disasters and seemingly unsolvable problems around the world. Dinner conversations are replayed over generations - nothing seems to get better, and in some aspects, it seems dramatically worse, and that is especially true for women.
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Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
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The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.
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I sat down and wrote what I remembered about being nine, and that eventually became 'Amelia's Notebook.'
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If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power.
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It's not my style to blame anybody else.
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And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.
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People who have discovered a purpose feel better, like themselves more, age more subtly, and live longer.
