Erica Jong Quotes
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I'm encouraging other people, whether they're professionals or not, to use their creativity to express themselves, to get a conversation going, to get the party started, really.
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I do hot yoga and TRX, a kind of suspension training.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
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Sometimes, especially when it's cold, I get dry skin, so I scratch a lot. I scratch my arms incessantly.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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I'd never want to do something just for the show of it.
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Misanthropy is born, I think, out of an almost oppressive sense of loneliness, a conviction that there's no one on earth who understands you. I don't think misanthropes hate people: They hate that people hate them.
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You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.
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I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool.
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My sister and I had jointly heard the narration of 'Revolver Rani' in Tigmanshu Dhulia's office. After hearing the narration, my sister was very scared and adamant that I should not do this film, as my character was twisted, neurotic, violent and abusive.
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I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
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No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.
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For me, there is no day or night for music. I often work through the night - without phone calls disturbing me.
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Adult actors are really childish, and that's nice to be around when you're a kid. So the big reason I wanted to be an actor was I really enjoyed actors' company - which probably makes me about as shallow as a puddle. But it could be worse. I could be working for a living.
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Sometimes my colleagues joke and call me Hannah.
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Our reason is always disappointed by the inconstancy of appearances.
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California as a nation or part of a larger West Coast nation, should other states join with California, would be a good influence on the rest of the United States.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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Sometimes I feel so separated, you know? The Kardashians over here, the Jenners over here, little me in the middle. We've got to keep the family going.
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We don't think much about how our love stories will affect the world, but they do. Children learn what's worth living for and what's worth dying for by the stories they watch us live. I want to teach our children how to get scary close, and more, how to be brave. I want to teach them that love is worth what it costs.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
