Erica Jong Quotes
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I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.
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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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It's a courageous thing to do something that doesn't have rules or limits.
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I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.
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Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
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I just get silly inside my head and I start to think about something and in my head I start twisting it around, contorting it and envisioning it in different ways.
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When you're a mom and you have three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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Let us choose to believe something good can happen.
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Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no man's character is strong; no nation's life can be lasting.
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I have a fear of things growing on things. I don't know where it came from. But I go hiking a lot, and sometimes I can't handle moss growing on trees or tumors on trees or mushrooms.
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I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language.
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You should see me during an action film. I look like an abuse victim.
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Our songs all carry the same way.
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Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades - haunting.
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I'm not surprised, motherfuckers.
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A famous actor told me once - I don't want to name names, I hate that sort of thing - but I was at his house and he said, 'Are you on Twitter?' I said, 'Yes, I am.' And he said, 'There'll be one day when you'll have, like, five friends. And in the same day it'll go to five thousand.'
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Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can infuse it with youthful vigor.
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Thus, in general, in the first instance, the direction of interest in empirical fact will be canalised by the logical structure of the theoretical system.
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Eventually the dollar won't always rule. Eventually there will be a challenge to the United States and it will have to be like other countries that are a bit concerned about their currency, and then have to ratchet back in order to - right, in order to sustain. We just haven't reached that point yet.
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Friends love misery... our misery is what endears us to our friends.
