Marilyn Hacker Quotes
The pleasure that I take in writing gets me interested in writing a poem. It's not a statement about what I think anybody else should be doing. For me, it's an interesting tension between interior and exterior.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger.
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How can we educators claim credit for understanding, let alone teaching, the 'global mind' without a single course on the impact of religion on every day life?
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for my studies; from there I told my dad that I also want to do a course in performing arts, but my father refused. So I completed my studies and came back. But I kept poking him, saying that acting is something that I want to do.
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Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media. I don't think if we stop protesting the problem is solved.
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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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I've always been happy with my body.
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Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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We launched DirecTV Now. Our 5G evolution plans and improved spectrum position are paving the way for the next generation of super-fast mobile and fixed networks.
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Diversity is what makes life interesting.
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America has been so welcoming to me.
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My sister was three years older than me, and she was like the stone-cold '70s fox. I looked like a short Polish farm woman, and so our journals were wildly different.
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The pleasure that I take in writing gets me interested in writing a poem. It's not a statement about what I think anybody else should be doing. For me, it's an interesting tension between interior and exterior.
