Marilyn Hacker Quotes
I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets.
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It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
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One of the important lessons of the Internet is, how easy it is to get things done completely shapes what gets created. For that reason, technologies like Amazon's cloud service are very important. Even if they aren't technically impressive, they make things easy to do.
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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I think any time you bring those guys in, one with a lot of playoff experience, with rings - those guys won - guys in the locker room gravitate towards those guys. Those guys have been there, so there's a lot that they can teach the guys.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
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Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.
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I think '80s pop music subconsciously informs what I'm doing.
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George loves the T Rex because it's the noisiest and the scariest.
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Tackling still comes down to leverage and owning that leverage and making your hits.
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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that.
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Half of architecture students are women, and you see respected, established female architects all the time.
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The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
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Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our 'beauty' so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.
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There's so many careers that didn't happen because women are like, 'I can't deal with this harassment. I'm going to leave this industry.'
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I don't have children, but my work life is as important to me as anything could be. I've dedicated a lot of time and energy and years to it. Some might say some of my childbearing years to it. In and of itself, my work is like a child to me. That is my reality.
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I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets.
