"A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces. More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne. More commonly it wheezes and tips over."

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Marge Piercy

#Ideas Quotes #Perfection Quotes #Grace Quotes

“You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when they do talk, what they say is mostly lies. That can make for a pretty confusing film.”

Source : Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. January 17, 2003.
“Ive realized that even more that what is beautiful about the accordion is to play with a single finger sometimes, with a very pure, very pointed sound that gives a lot of poetry and emotion.”
“We can choose to use our growing knowledge to enslave people in ways never dreamed of before, depersonalizing them, controlling them by means so carefully selected that they will perhaps never be aware of their loss of personhood.”
“It's bad enough that I'm an actress that wants to be recognized as an actress. Instead, I am known for doing game shows.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: Betsy Palmer Is Friday the 13th's Mrs. Pamela Voorhees!" by B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. January 30, 2009.
“It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution.”
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
“Like Spain, I am bound to the past.”
“So, in the physical world mankind are prone to seek an explanation of uncommon phenomena only, while the ordinary changes of nature, which are in themselves equally wonderful, are disregarded.”

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