Erica Jong Quotes
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If you want to change things, it requires bravery.
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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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I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet.
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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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I know of no country in the world that has passed a law specifically denying a woman's right to choose where she intends to give birth.
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Krista's got a great boyfriend; they've been going together for years. I want to be around to walk her down the aisle.
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It's funny, but on a set there's a pecking order. There's a caste system, you know? It goes from the star down to the extra. That includes the crew as well. I've never liked that.
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I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
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There were not many black students at Juilliard, unfortunately. So when you get there, you become very good friends, in particular, with the other black students.
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Our wishes are presentiments of the abilities that lie in us, harbingers of what we will be able to accomplish.
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Friends love misery... our misery is what endears us to our friends.
