Erica Jong Quotes
I know some good marriages-marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each other.
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My finances have been decimated by a group of people, such as my ex-attorney, my ex-business manager, and an estate planner, specifically. And they have conspired together to - to co-op my corporations, put in trustees without my knowledge.
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People watch me, waiting for me to slip up, so my privacy has gone - but that's a price you pay.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.
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I know how to fake someone out, if they break into my house, into thinking there are other people there.
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People would get Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence all mushed together in their brains, and, bless their hearts, it would come out Carol Lawrence.
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Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.
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Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people.
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Marriage is socialism among two people.
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When I was growing up, my white friends would call me: 'Hey, Chief!' Even when I go to work now, people call me 'Chief.'
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Sometimes, when you watch people play a video game, they seem lost in this wormhole, or in a trance.
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I've been having this really weird anxiety dream about arriving too late or too early, and the people in charge are like, 'You have to leave! You have to go back to the hotel and get ready!' And I use the wrong exit, and I'm running down the red carpet in pyjamas, like, 'No! Don't look at me!'
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We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.
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I'm not very good at picking stuff up off the radio. It takes me way too long to learn other people's music.
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It's great to see that kind of support online. For people to be messaging myself, my nan and the rest of my family, all the support has been great.
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I learned how to sing in front of a lot of people and to hone my skills alongside some of the greatest performers of all time.
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I remember my first visit with my guru. He had shown that he read my mind. So I looked at the grass and I thought, 'My god, he's going to know all the things I don't want people to know.' I was really embarrassed. Then I looked up and he was looking directly at me with unconditional love.
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The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
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She crushed it, telling herself she was going to add Big in front of her Idiot tattoo.
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There are good and bad movies, and long ones, and pretentious ones, and fun ones, and it's kind of healthy not just being able to switch off after ten minutes, but have patience.
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Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.
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I don't take investment advice from wealth managers. I have grown several businesses from scratch and amassed many millions from my publishing empire - why would I take advice from someone who has never experienced that?
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When you grow up without a brother or sister, you tend to see things just through your own eyes. You have friends and everything, but you spend most of your time watching TV or sat in a room making decisions about your life on your own.
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I know some good marriages-marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each other.
