Marilyn Hacker Quotes
I have experienced healing through other writers' poetry, but there's no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, I'll write a bad poem.

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I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that you get to see the Ummah. It's a microcosm of the Ummah's condition.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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I wanna live 'til I die, no more, no less.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
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He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
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Probably the biggest influence on my career was the late John Hersey, who, while he was at 'The New Yorker,' wrote one of the masterpieces of narrative non-fiction, 'Hiroshima.' Hersey was a teacher of mine at Yale, and a friend. He got me to see the possibility of journalism not just as a business but as an art form.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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You wear fur, it's like you trying to be something you not. You get fur, you can spend the same money on like, 30 jackets.
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Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want - inexpensive, professional ebooks.
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
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Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.
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The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
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I am happy in Paris.
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Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman.
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I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known.
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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
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I love the beach, and I love sunshine.
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Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.
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There's no doubt that decisions made by the leading central banks do affect the global financial markets and, consequently, our situation.
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I have experienced healing through other writers' poetry, but there's no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, I'll write a bad poem.