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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The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.
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I want it to be said when I leave this world that 'he was not just a money-making machine.'
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Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.
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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've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that.
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In those days it was pretty cut and dry. If you had a record company believing in you enough to cut an album then you had better have the ability to work the album on the road.
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I don't have to follow your orders. I don't work here anymore.
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We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there surely will be others in the future, caused by the wickedness of captains and crews alike. For these are guilty men, whose sin is supreme ignorance of what matters most.
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It must be nice for today's hitters when you don't have to worry about being thrown at. It's a whole different deal. When I played, getting knocked down was an accepted part of the game.
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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.
