Erica Jong Quotes
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I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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I want to see as many black professionals as possible.
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It's very hard to live in an environment where you're reminded, constantly told that your existence just happens to be here... That you are not meant to be here.
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My dad's paternal grandparents were musically inclined. And I remember as a little kid going to visit them in their senior building, and they were, like, the stars of the building, especially hosting and performing in their senior talent show.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it.
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I know in my life there's stuff that will come back because I haven't dealt with it, and it's the same with everybody.
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Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?
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Basically, as soon as I saw that there was a role available on '24,' I jumped at it, and then when I sat down and talked to them, it seemed to get more interesting and more fun.
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Tourism is a top priority activity for federal government, which is why it invests an average of over 2,500 million dollars a year in infrastructure works and integral projects that promote Mexico's culture and natural attractions.
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War is not a thing one wants.
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I'm not a good liar. I just tell the truth; I think that's the best way.
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Love is metaphysical gravity.
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Tell me, George, if you had it to do all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?
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I didn't have any aspirations of becoming famous or successful; in fact I was scared to death of all that. I remember somebody once said that if a rock musician goes on tour, he goes insane. I was very impressionable and I carried this useless weight of fear around with me about going on tour, all because of this thing somebody said.
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For an act may be wrong judged purely by itself, but when the motive that prompted the act is understood, it is construed differently. I lay it down as an axiom, that only that is criminal in the sight of God where crime is meditated.
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I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?
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Ideology... is a kind of contemporary mythology, a realm which has purged itself of ambiguity and alternative possibility.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
