Erica Jong Quotes
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People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.
Yoko Ono -
It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well.
Cameron Crowe -
During past years, like frightened children, we were afraid to eat the strong meat of human rights and instead sucked the milk of civil rights from the breasts of white liberals, black Uncle Toms, and Aunt Jemimas.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. -
To disclose too much of one's inventions and achievements is one and the same thing as to give up the fruit of one's ingenuity.
Filippo Brunelleschi -
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
H. L. Mencken -
As a writer, I've always been somebody who's been productive and hustled hard.
Adam Mansbach
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The fact is, I view part of what I do is, if necessary, on difficult issues, be the lightning rod.
Gary Bettman -
I'm interested in people. I'm curious about people, and of course we're curious about people whose work we respond to. So I'm not saying that I don't understand fascination with other people. But as it's dealt with in this American, modern-day culture, I find it not just boring but actually sort of destructive, really.
Gaby Hoffmann -
All the rappers in rave music are like the sloppy seconds of rappers who couldn't make it.
Watkin Tudor Jones -
Anyone wanting a new house picks one from among those built on speculation or still in process of construction. The builder no longer works for his customers but for the market.
Karl Marx -
After a good, successful torture, she was as happy as I ever saw her. I guess everyone needed a hobby.
Laurell K. Hamilton -
That's one of the most stupid questions I've heard. I'll go with Mascherano.
Alex Ferguson
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I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account.
Preston Brooks -
Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it's about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong.
Adriana Lima -
Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong.
David Hyde Pierce -
I think you can move to everything, but with some music, you just want to sit still. That's me, anyway.
Nicholas James Murphy -
If I'm going to talk about an issue, I better know what it's about viscerally.
Amanda Hearst -
I was never the girl next door.
Bettie Page
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All that Rent the Runway has really done is we've opened up the technology and logistics to make it possible to have the customer decide how long she needs an article of clothing for.
Jennifer Hyman -
I guess men like me - somebody out there must think I'm hot.
Jennifer Sky -
I wish I was a gorgeous mixologist, but that was not my god-given strength.
Jonathan Van Ness -
Enjoy your children, even when they don't act the way you want them to.
Muhammad Ali -
You can't be creative and still be a good girl.
Erica Jong