Erica Jong Quotes
It's important to know what you're going to spend your life on, and the only way you're going to find that is by connecting with the force inside yourself.
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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The moment in which you make somebody laugh, you're only doing it to make them laugh and be happy. Then afterward you can be like, 'Oh, I just want the attention. I feel so good that everybody's listening to me and I got the approval that I need.'
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.
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I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rimshots during the vows.
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I've had three wives. I've had five weddings.
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Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of al-Qaida.
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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
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I always thought what you wore underneath was as important as what you wear on top.
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My first job entailed spending a summer working in a cornfield in Nebraska.
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In the kind of roles I do, you can do them and walk away from it and have a really nice time.
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Believe in God, in His providence, in a future life, in the recompense of the good; in the punishment of the wicked; in the sublimity and truth of the doctrines of Christ, in a revelation of this doctrine by a special divine inspiration for the salvation of the human race.
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It's important to know what you're going to spend your life on, and the only way you're going to find that is by connecting with the force inside yourself.
