Erica Jong Quotes
A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
Quotes to Explore
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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It was always sort of my dream to make handbags and I wanted a handbag that was very sharp, very structured, very tailored... I wanted a bag you could put all of your things in it, you can open it, you could close it, you could hid all your tricks, but it's not all lumpy.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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I think Cate Blanchett is fabulous - she just shines in everything she does - and I'm a big Susan Sarandon fan.
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We always learn more from the losing than the winning.
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The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris.
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I agree with President Roosevelt, and generations since, that American seniors deserve better than poverty.
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I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.
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Frankly, too many women treat their husbands as accessories instead of priorities.
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Putting out music as it's made, versus holding it until an album's finished, allows me to be more timely and maintain balance.
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If you ask me what's harder, being famous or flying to space, I'd say fame is much harder.
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Venus and Mars are our next of kin: they are the two most Earth-like planets that we know about. They're the only two other very Earth-like planets in our solar system, meaning they orbit close to the sun; they have rocky surfaces and thin atmospheres.
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Name Yellow Wolf comes from life experiences. Yellow is the color of the sun - its power, fire, and hunger. Wolf represents my fierceness and ability to survive.
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Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
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Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work - I am the grass; I cover all. And pile them high at Gettysburg And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor: What place is this? Where are we now?
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
