Erica Jong Quotes
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.
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I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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I always look at the work of fashion designers as if they were art.
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The Federal Reserve is incapable of accomplishing its stated objectives.
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My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.
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I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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You have to follow that next step.
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I really believe in the idea of the future.
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My parents are from the South - they were both born in Birmingham - so my dad saw R.E.M. really early on when they were playing college stuff in Athens. He had a bunch of their cassettes from the '80s, and when I was 8, 9, or 10, those were the sort of things that were around the cassette player in the living room.
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When I'm working, I'm so narrowly focused on sound, language, rhythm, flow, that I rarely feel the emotion of the text. It's only after - long after - I've finished a piece that I can experience in any way its emotional charge.
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When you're put in a position to really affect young people who are going to run the world one day, if you're able to be in their life at a young age and make a positive impact, I think that's a beautiful thing.
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For me, dance is about the aesthetics and the hard work that goes into creating something so beautiful. Motivation and dedication to the craft is what pushes me to do my best, to always strive to do better, and the outcome is always worth it.
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Everyone puts all of the advances that we've made on Dr. King, but there's a lot of people who were part of the civil rights movement.
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The scenery was very beautiful. But I did not see The Great Wall of China.
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I think everyone can recognize the one-upmanship and the competition that go on wherever you are, especially among groups where the women don't have to hold down office jobs and instead get in a total snit about who won the longest carrot contest or took first prize for summer chutney in the August fete.
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The trouble with men is that they have limited minds. That's the trouble with women, too.
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In my hood, I was always with the older guys, but I like everybody's music.
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As you put your sights on your goals — no matter how great and compelling they are — as you look into the distance, don’t forget what is right in front of you today. No matter how great your dreams, no matter how great your destiny, the biggest thing you can do in any day is a small act of kindness.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
