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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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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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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Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.
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It is not my duty as an historian to predict the future, only to observe and interpret the past. But its lesson is clear enough; we have lived too long out of contact with reality, and now the time has come to rebuild our lives.
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Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.
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I felt good in the bullpen and even when we came out in the first inning I felt fairly good.
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I learned the hard way that not only do you not have to be superwoman, but it's better not to be and not to try to be. What I would like to be is just a good person - someone who tries her best and puts her best foot forward.
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I've been accused many times of not talking very much, but I guess I don't believe in talking things to death. You can talk too much on most anything and it stops being productive. There is a time for action. Eventually you have to pull the trigger.
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Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit,The power of beauty I remember yet.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
