Marilyn Hacker Quotes
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
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I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and then I travel. Literally, writing for me is like travelling. It's getting out of myself and living another life - maybe a better life.
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Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight years ago-they just took a long time to distill and come out in the appropriate way.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
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One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.
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I'm a professional songwriter - personal attitudes have nothing to do with writing a song.
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I think it's really good to get the adrenaline pumping.
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Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.
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I've had more ups than downs in my career. All you can do is keep working. You still have to take enjoyment out of what you're doing, and things will turn, and my smile has always been there. In good moments and bad.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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If I write something, and I'm going to put in all that love and energy, I want to direct it.
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Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.
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If you don't think too good, don't think too much.
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Anything you can do to get more people to come to your live shows is good, because that's where you can really do what you do. Everyone's on the same page, and you don't have to win strangers over as much.
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This motion-picture muddle had distracted me from my writing.
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I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper.
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We're a social species, and we want to get along with the people we like and who are like us. That's just good adaptive behaviour. We're more likely to accept something if we hear it from a friend, whereas we're sceptical of people who are not like us - which is what leads to racism, nationalism, sexism and all forms of bigotry.
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As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.
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All this role model bullshit; you don't have any extra responsibilities because you made some good songs! Your only responsibility is to make good songs.
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Here an attempt is made to explain suffering: the outcaste of traditional Hinduism is held to deserve his fetched fate; it is a punishment for the wrongs he did in a previous life.
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Life just happens the way it's supposed to happen. It delivers you to where it delivers you.
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Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.
