Marilyn Hacker Quotes
Paris is a wonderful city. I can't say I belong to an especially anglophone community.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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I actually signed on to do 'On the Road' before we started on 'Tron,' but we were in flux for a while, just sort of playing the waiting game, trying to get the right budget and the right cast.
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No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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My goal in politics from the very beginning has been, and will be, the goal of giving Ukraine a chance to finally secure a firm footing in the world as a competitive, independent and real European state.
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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
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Over-eating is the addiction choice of carers, and that's why it's come to be regarded as the lowest-ranking of all the addictions.
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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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Agreeing to share prosperity, rather than let it divide us, is infinitely preferable to the alternative.
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Before blogs, it was all about physical presence. We used to send out videos and audiotapes to communicate. Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades.
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I'd just like to be in films that I would like to see.
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Freedom is popular. Bring it on.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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A city, far from being a cluster of buildings, is actually a sequence of spaces enclosed and defined by buildings.
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In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.
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Rubio can't hold Trump's water.
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Well, what does 'good' mean anyway...? As Wittgenstein suggested, 'good,' like 'game,' has a family of meanings. Prominent among them is this one: 'meets the criteria or standards of assessment or evaluation.'
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You can't clobber any reader while he's looking. You divert his attention, then you clobber him and he never knows what hit him.
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Paris is a wonderful city. I can't say I belong to an especially anglophone community.
