Erica Jong Quotes
I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers wanting to gain a fortune.
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My wife and I often visit Rosales and the Ilokos as a matter of habit or whim induced by nostalgia, homesickness - whatever draws pilgrims to worshipped sanctuaries. Or, perhaps, what compels moths to seek the votive flame.
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Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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The idea of the mulatto has been a gathering point for a wide variety of racial prejudices, fears, myths, and speculations.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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I was one of those annoying kids that loves singing and entertaining.
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With Geoffrey, it was the first time we did music together, we understood that everything could be well, and without any problem. And we didn't need to rehearse too much.
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I'll be judged on the body of work and not the popularity of any one decision.
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If my subject is alive and is willing to talk to me, I will do it. But I always try to find people who were close, like lovers and family members and work colleagues - because we are what we think we are, but we're also the perception that others have of us. The truth is a sphere. There's always a hidden face.
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I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented.
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I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too!
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'The Wire's definitely one of them. 'The Sopranos' is one of my all-time favorites. Those are two big ones for me.
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Walk through life in dreams out of love of the hand that leads us.
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I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.
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The fact that it's science fiction gives you the license to do anything you want to do.
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I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.
