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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For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.
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There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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Friends love misery... our misery is what endears us to our friends.
