Erica Jong Quotes
Women who bear children before they establish serious habits of work, may never establish them at all.
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I like to do the splits onstage.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don't know what kind of man. I don't know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge.
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It isn't often that the logic behind a policy is so clear. But when it comes to the value of educating girls, the evidence speaks for itself.
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There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
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The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?
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I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.
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The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.
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Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor.
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Islam, or any religion, will become totalitarian if it is made into an ideology, because that is the nature of ideologies.
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Playing on the Burj Al Arab helipad was an unforgettable experience, and the view of Dubai was incredible.
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It's important for whoever is governor to be somebody with a breadth of experience in life, in business, and in service.
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The weird thing was that Soft Cell was supposed to have come and gone before I started the album.
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I don't buy comics anymore, for the most part. I eat my lunch off of them.
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I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.
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As members of Congress, we may disagree with the administration's position on foreign policy matters, but the fact remains: the Executive Branch is tasked with handling diplomatic matters.
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I only like to play football.
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Women who bear children before they establish serious habits of work, may never establish them at all.
