Erica Jong Quotes
I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.
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I'm uncomfortable with the focus on the poet and not on the poem.
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Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
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The implication that women work for pin money and can manage on a worse pension, presumably by relying on husbands, riles. But even more galling for women is that few government ministers seem to even appreciate the value of the work they do.
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I love working with the Farrelly brothers. I'm a big fan and feel very lucky to have gotten to work with them a few times. One thing that I learned while working with them is that you have to keep your cell phone off when filming scenes, or you owe them a lot of money!
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Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
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Cinema is a thankless industry where sometimes to appear on the cinematic scenery is a thing for late bloomers and people who are very patient. The places are accounted, and the space is often unwelcoming. Money is rare, and independent voices are muted by the almost complete absence of risk takers.
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If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
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Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.
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Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You have money, but you don't drink; you don't smoke. All you do is hoop, and you live on a natural high.' But now I know.
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There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.
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A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
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People understand what is good for them in the long run. In the long run, what is good for people is that India's economy continues to grow at clipping pace, 8% and above, that itself brings host of benefits to the people. It brings better roads, it brings better schools, brings more money to the communities, it brings more jobs.
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If the money's right, I'll do a film.
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When so much money is involved in these movies, someone somewhere is going to try to screw you.
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Lizzy Weiss is such a great writer, and she really writes for the performances.
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I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money.
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A lot of magic happens when you put out a publicity release. I have launched many products with the money I got back from my publicity release.
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You can't appreciate home till you've left it, money till it's spent, your wife till she's joined a women's club, nor Old Glory till you see it hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign town.
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Money is not our primary aim. Changing the behavior and the practice of the gun industry is.
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I can tell you there are rewards that go far beyond money and public acclaim and awards.
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People kind of have a misconception, because when someone calls me Theo and I correct them, say, 'No, my name is Malcolm,' they think I have an attitude about it and I don't want to be associated with the show.
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When you're so passionate about cinema, the idea to direct your own film is really appealing.
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I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.
