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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I didn't intend to run for public office. I didn't really think about it.
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A love of nature is a consolation against failure.
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As a student studying acting, I was always broke, so going to see any live theater was almost impossible.
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I don't think literature would be possible in a determined world. We might go through the motions but the heart would be out of it. Nobody could then 'smile darkly and ignore the howls.' Even if there were no Church to teach me this, writing two novels would do it. I think the more you write, the less inclined you will be to rely on theories like determinism. Mystery isn't something that is gradually evaporating. It grows along with knowledge.
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I've lived a slower and less expensive life going off the grid, and I'm happier because of it.
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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.
