Marcia Golub Quotes

Soon after my husband and I started living together, he learned to make noise before coming into my writing space. He learned to do this because if he didn't I would get startled and scream. That would startle him and he would scream. It was 'Night of the Living Dead' meets Edvard Munch till we worked things out.
When I write, especially when the writing takes off, I fall into a trancelike state in which I dream with my eyes open. This is why I write. It is the opium I crave, this entry into another state of consciousness. I used to think it meant I was a great writer, that it was proof of my 'genius.' I also used to think it meant I was a nut who zapped into hallucination as soon as her husband shut the door – 'Diary of a Mad Housewife' with computer. I now realize it merely means I am writing. ~ Marcia Golub

But there's a small percentage who are nothing but born predators. And for them, no amount of good parenting, quality schooling, or therapy sessions will ever make a bit of difference. ~ Marcia Clark

According to pioneering microbiologist Lynn Margulis, "fully 10 percent of our own dry body weight consists of bacteria, some of which, although they are not a congenital part of our bodies, we can't live without." In fact, a healthy human body has more bacterial cells than animal cells (bacterial cells are far smaller). Our own bodies are in some ways microcosms of the biosphere as a whole. ~ Marcia Bjornerud

Irena Sendler never thought of herself as a hero. She only did what she felt she must, and wished she could have done more. ~ Marcia K. Vaughan

You see that the people who are drawn to alternative medicine are often fairly healthy and they go to alternative medicine for what I call the 'symptoms of life.' Fatigue, joint pains, inability to concentrate, perhaps, the kinds of things that anyone over twenty-five gets at some point. ~ Marcia Angell

I love you the way a man loves only one woman- only one woman ... forever. ~ Marcia Lynn McClure

Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany. ~ Marcia Gay Harden

Anna Katherine Green wrote about a female inquiry agent, and there were a scattering of female investigators in the 1970s, authored by men, who just didn't ring true. So I thought, 'Well, there's an opening here for something.' ~ Marcia Muller

My schools were quite diverse - those who serve their country come from every race and religion - and so the military schools I attended were a wonderful melting pot. ~ Marcia Gay Harden

Whenever you meet someone who's different, think of three other things about that person. ~ Marcia K. Matthews

Sometimes you might accept yourselves for who you are not, only because others treat you less than who you know to be your true self. You might begin to accept being treated a certain way because you wanted to be noticed and then later on wonder why are you allowing a person to treat you as such. That's when you've realized that you are more than how they treat you or call you. They might call you names but you know who you are. Do not let a person treat you less than you are. Hold on to your values, you're nothing without your principles ~ Marcia M. Edwards

GET THE ASSHOLE WHO DID THIS! #justiceforchloe OMG I LOVED HER!! #tragedy MY FAVORITE ON DARK CORNERS! NOOOOO! #chloeforever ~ Marcia Clark

I hated myself for being so weak. I seemed to have no real personality of my own. Gaby was the mirror in which I saw myself. ~ Marcia Clark

Fat people often think of themselves solely in terms of the 'neck up.' Their bodies are disowned, alienated, foreign, perhaps stubbornly present but not truly a part of the real self. ~ Marcia Millman

I've been working so hard for the past eight years and I'm tired - but I'm also deliciously tired because what a wonderful life I've lived. ~ Marcia Cross

I am no infant!" Valor growled. Why did they insist on treating him as if he were ill or fatally wounded? He was merely fatigued from a long night's ride and strenuous battle.
"Your behaviour would prove otherwise, milord. ~ Marcia Lynn McClure

For most of my life, I have been followed and sometimes haunted by Marcia Brady. I don't have a choice in the matter. Imagine always being overshadowed by a younger, prettier, more popular you. ~ Maureen McCormick

There are certainly a billion, ker-trillion girls out there more attractive than I am. ~ Marcia Gay Harden

The vocabulary and manner of classical ballet express a high order of discipline and restraint, a sense of harmony with forces larger and more lasting than the individual. ~ Marcia Siegel

...a truly great person has a profound curiosity about the world and the people in it, an interest that encompasses everything and everyone. Real curiosity, I now know, doesn't leave much room for judgement. ~ Marcia Tucker

The use of psychoactive drugs - including both antidepressants and antipsychotics - has exploded ... [yet] 'the tally of those who are disabled ... increased nearly two and a half times. ~ Marcia Angell

The people who stood out in the Sandy Hook incident, the heroes, were the normal, ordinary people who went to save those children. ~ Marcia Gay Harden

Writing is a mixed blessing. We, who are addicted, berate ourselves and feel guilty when we don't write and at the same time put it off and hunt for diversions. Why? Because the this that makes us the happiest is also tedious, hard and frustrating. Writing makes us crazy; not writing even crazier. ~ Marcia Preston

If you are not in the red playroom of pain and pleasure, ... shooting the movie is much like doing any other movie. ~ Marcia Gay Harden

The left wants, needs, loves, and exacerbates violent conflict. The question is…why?...Conservatives generally want policy discussions because we disagree with liberals. Liberals need gutter politics because they despise conservatives personally. ~ Eric Golub

Eve Ensler is a hero of mine. She's been working for the rights of women for a long time. ~ Marcia Wallace

I'll be fine. It's just hard to love somebody who doesn't love you back," Fallon answered. ~ Marcia Lynn McClure

I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes. ~ Marcia Cross

I examine other people's characteristics, so when I'm playing characters, I don't always have to make them me; I can transform into others. ~ Marcia Gay Harden

You've been quiet for awhile. What are you thinking about?" he asked, grinning at her.
"I was wondering if maybe you're a serial killer. ~ Marcia Lynn McClure

Little by little, over more than two centuries, the local stories told by rocks in all parts of the world have been stitched together into a great global tapestry - the geologic timescale. This "map" of Deep Time represents one of the great intellectual achievements of humanity, arduously constructed by stratigraphers, paleontologists, geochemists, and geochronologists from many cultures and faiths. It is still a work in progress to which details are constantly being added and finer and finer calibrations being made. ~ Marcia Bjornerud

Messenger molecules - known as peptides, which were known to send and register information around the brain - are also in organs throughout your body, including your intestines, stomach, heart, liver, kidneys, and spine. These organs also send and register information. ~ Marcia Conner

Create the worlds of your choice by writing the books you want. ~ Marcia Carrington

Health care is a need; it's not a commodity, and it should be distributed according to need. If you're very sick, you should have a lot of it. If you're not sick, you shouldn't have a lot of it. ~ Marcia Angell

I couldn't do an acting job just to be working. It really had to have some soul to it. ~ Marcia Cross

Wands indicate fortitude, courage, will, authenticity, and aspiration. Cups denote faith, imagination, and love. Swords represent justice, actions and reactions based on fairness and integrity, truth, conflict, and the mind. Pentacles represent charity, benefactors, labors of love, money, and security. ~ Marcia Masino

Coaching should be a process of inquiry, not a series of questions. ~ Marcia Reynolds

What? What's your issue now?' I asked, annoyed.
'Jus' wonderin' what's it like for Droopy. This place is intense and he's jus' a lil' guy, you know?'
Of all the bangers in the world, I had to get Mr. Sensitive. Droopy, I assumed, was Hector Amaya's gang moniker. I wondered why they were always so unflattering. Me, I would've at least picked something like Foxy or Jet. Which, I supposed, explained in part why I wasn't gang material. ~ Marcia Clark

You have to make sure that you and your child are connecting, and it does help when they are looking directly into your eyes. ~ Marcia Gay Harden

I raised an eyebrow. Since when did they need real news to justify the slugfest? Barry gave me a knowing smile behind the assistant's back as he ducked into his studio. ~ Marcia Clark

I love it when ugliness is beautiful. I love character flaws. ~ Marcia Gay Harden

If the position you're claiming in a person's life isn't yours, then go find your rightful place. When you get hurt in the process, you can't blame anyone but yourself honey. ~ Marcia M. Edwards