Erica Jong Quotes
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If you're playing in a room that holds 15,000 people, it's just a question of how bad the room acoustics are and in what way they're bad.
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Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
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I'm a total loner. I can't even answer texts or take my phone with me when I'm working!
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I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.
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Above and beyond drawing my creations, I try to incorporate some kind of message. I try not to end as merely a question but try to provide a conclusion within the work.
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I feel that we don't have the luxury of asking whether or not the Palestinians and Israelis can achieve peace. I think we have to just ask the question of when and how.
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The modern museum has multiple purposes - to curate and preserve, to research, and to reach out to the public. They challenge us and ask us to question our assumptions about the past or the world around us.
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There's no question that consumers are looking for value today.
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I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are.
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States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking.
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If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren't doing enough asking. And you're probably not asking the single most important question that can help you achieve a higher level of success and personal fulfillment: How am I doing?
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If you want to decide the question of migration without asking your citizens against the will of the people, you are fighting a losing battle.
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A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
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'Look here, old sport, ... what's your opinion of me, anyhow?' A little overwhelmed, I began the generalized evasions which that question deserves.
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'People will challenge you, question you, try to get you off track. Don't listen to the temptation to act out of character.'
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We question most of the mantras around here periodically, in case you hadn't noticed.
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Absolutely. Because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight - and when they come out, they're gay. So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question.
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Hassan's not going anywhere. He's staying right here with us, where he belongs. This is his home and we're his family. Don't you ever ask me that question again!
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In restaurants we argue over which of us will pay for your funeral though the real question is whether or not I will make you immortal.
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In a recession, you must be able to call into question everything you've done before.
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Though every legal task demands this skill, it is especially important in the effort to frame public policy in a way that is properly responsive to human needs and predicaments. The question is always: How will the general rule work in practice?
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Do not interrupt the flight of your soul; do not distress what is best in you; do not enfeeble your spirit with half wishes and half thoughts. Ask yourself and keep on asking until you find the answer, for one may have known something many times, acknowledged it; one may have willed something many times, attempted it - and yet, only the deep inner motion, only the heart's indescribable emotion, only that will convince you that what you have acknowledged belongs to you, that no power can take it from you - for only the truth that builds up is truth for you.
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Stress is actually the number one thing that blocks people from their happiness and well-being and from getting what they want.
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Why do analysts always answer a question with a question?
