Erica Jong Quotes
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I write in a small office at home.
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I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run, the health insurance reform law promises to cut health-care costs for U.S. businesses, not expand them.
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To be forced to defend oneself is an inherently undesirable position to be in. The focus shifts from ideas to the person conveying them.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
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The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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Most of what happens in the world is far beyond a dog's comprehension, so they must turn to their faith in us to help them navigate life's treacheries. Don't we, also, have unanswerable questions about the vagaries of modern existence for which the answer is beyond human grasp, so that only our faith can guide us?
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Polka dots are fabulous.
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I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
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I don't see myself as someone that brings a lot of luggage.
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A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!
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I've never personally been anorexic.
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As you see the political problems are closely connected with the economical problems. With the help of politics, we will open the way for the economy and this is why all these problems are included in the program of the newly elected government.
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When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have.
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In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps.
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Though many people mistakenly credit IBM with the first PC in 1981, the Apple II came out four years earlier, in 1977.
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You could make a case that women addicted men to their sexuality and then withdrew their sexuality until we provided them with a source of income.
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Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire.
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I'm always the interrogator. When I was an actor in rep, I always played sinister parts. The directors always said, 'If there's a nasty man about, cast Harold Pinter.'
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We aim at simplicity and hope for truth.
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In a longish life as a professional writer, I have heard a thousand masterpieces talked out over bars, restaurant tables and love seats. I have never seen one of them in print. Books must be written, not talked.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
