Erica Jong Quotes
I don't know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else's erotica that you don't like. People are interested in their own sexuality and they've always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift!
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Dolomite is a whole mess of stuff, a mixture. It gets characterised as 'a stuff' because of the interest of oil geologists. It would have been a nonentity were it not for its applications.
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I don't like to look typical.
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I think that there should be options available, quite early on, that if someone is recognised as a disruptive child, for them to be trained vocationally. Maybe if those kids were given the option to learn how to contribute to society on a practical level they wouldn't get into trouble.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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I didn't really enjoy school in general.
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I like 'My So-Called Life' and the 'Riot Grrl Movement' and 'Freaks and Geeks.'
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Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
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I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.
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I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle.
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There's a whole set of values, spawned by the vocal and highly visible Republicans, that appeal to the worst in people. Our society is moving in that direction.
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One-third of all female infertility is the result of blocked fallopian tubes. If fertilization could be done in the lab and then the fertilized egg implanted in the womb, it would get around that problem. Millions of women who cannot have children would suddenly be able to.
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May the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.
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My motto is to help people love themselves sooner. I can't teach them how to do that. They have to figure that out on their own - that's their journey.
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We are all souls, and what I have learnt so far is that while God is male, the souls created by Him are female, so I always had women as my theme, as they are dedicated to Him.
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I started to send my work to journals when I was 26, which was just a question of when I got the courage up. They were mostly journals I had been reading for the previous six or seven years.
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I don't know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else's erotica that you don't like. People are interested in their own sexuality and they've always reflected it in their art. End of story.
