Erica Jong Quotes
The desire for magic cannot be eradicated. Even the most supposedly rational people attempt to practice magic in love and war. We simultaneously possess the most primitive of brain stems and the most sophisticated of cortices. The imperatives of each coexist uneasily.Erica Jong
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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
Jack Henry Abbott -
I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
Mamie Van Doren -
I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
Hannah Gadsby -
Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
Laura Moser -
I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
Adam Driver -
The fact that 35 percent of all American giving went to religious organizations in 2010 reflects how closely bound many of us are with our place of worship.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
Lady Gregory -
I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
S. T. Joshi -
I am aware that I look good for my age. It's my genes. My dad looked incredibly young, so did my mother. And a younger husband helps. Scott is only 45. If he hadn't come along, I don't know what I'd have done.
Barbara Windsor -
The most important, what I believe myself to do, is what is the interest of Lebanon, what is the interest of my country and my nation? And I'm going to do it fully.
Najib Mikati -
Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.
Daniel Barenboim -
When I left school at 16, I became an apprentice television and radio technician, and was paid £17 a week, which was decent money in 1976. But the job turned sour when I gave myself an electric shock while repairing a television set.
Irvine Welsh
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And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy.
Jack Nance -
Over the years, from serving in the CIA to sitting on non-profit boards, I have observed first-hand what the addition of even one woman to a meeting or to a decision-making body can do. Put simply, in very many instances, group dynamics improve markedly.
Valerie Plame -
I can't design anything unless I'm excited by it, meaning I have an urge to wear it.
Rachel Roy -
Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
Harmony Korine -
I grew up reading 'The Jungle Books' and loving them.
Salman Rushdie -
The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Marijuana is a much bigger part of the American addiction problem than most people - teens or adults - realize.
John Walters -
Ministry of Magic (M.O.M) Classification. xxxxx Known wizard killer / impossible to train or domesticate / or anything Hagrid likes
Joanne Rowling -
The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color.
AJ McLean -
Family dynamics are true over time, across generations and different cultures.
Alice McDermott -
If you hate somebody, it's like a boomerang that misses its target and comes back and hits you in the head. The one who hates is the one who hurts.
Louis Zamperini -
The desire for magic cannot be eradicated. Even the most supposedly rational people attempt to practice magic in love and war. We simultaneously possess the most primitive of brain stems and the most sophisticated of cortices. The imperatives of each coexist uneasily.
Erica Jong