Erica Jong Quotes
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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When I was maybe 22, 23 years old or so, I was sort of floating in between New Japan, Ring of Honor, TNA - not really committed to one place.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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I've never, ever done a piece of work - and can't imagine doing a piece of work - when I've thought, 'I was pretty perfect in that.'
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
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There's more to life than physical and material.
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.
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The pressure on women to be thin is like a plague. I have gone through my life, like a lot of women, rating my experiences on the basis of, 'Was I thin at that time or fat?' And it doesn't seem to let up.
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I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
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I'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people.
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When you take other people's opinions, you end up flailing and you have no center.
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I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgment in all human affairs.
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I've mis-signed many a book Rollins or Clemens. My readers quickly become aware. Booksellers will often promote me under both names, and I do plug both at signings. Generally, the fantasy reader has no problem going into the suspense genre. It's harder for the typical suspense reader to go the other direction.
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If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different.
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The rise of women and feminism is well documented. What is equally fascinating - and less talked about - is the impact this has had on men.
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Rain is something the democrats use to sell umbrellas.
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For over five years this man [Winston Churchill] has been chasing around Europe like a madman in search of something he could set on fire. Unfortunately he again and again finds hirelings who open the gates of their country to this international incendiary.
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Every year, the White House Correspondents' Dinner inspires two competing varieties of coverage: celebrity-obsessed fawning and angry tirades about how it represents everything twisted about our broken democracy. It doesn't, really.
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I think when you are playing at the international level, there is so much television exposure that people are looking at your weaknesses and strengths, and you need to fox them at times. You have got to do something different.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
