Erica Jong Quotes
Language matters because whoever controls the words controls the conversation, because whoever controls the conversation controls its outcome, because whoever frames the debate has already won it, because telling the truth has become harder and harder to achieve in an America drowning in Orwellian Newspeak.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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Nobody has said to men, 'It is OK if you want to be a full-time dad; find a woman who will support you.'
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I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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There is more to life than show business.
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My abiding faith in the wisdom of our electorate is what gives me hope.
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Whereas recessive traits require two bad copies of a gene to become noticeable, a dominant trait expresses itself no matter what the other copy does. A benign example of dominance: If you inherit one gene for sticky wet earwax and one gene for dry earwax, the sticky earwax gene wins out every time.
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One shouldn't know the future.
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I love samosas filled with mincemeat. My mum makes really great ones.
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It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.
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In western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories.
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If you're smart and you care about life, you'll take driving seriously.
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The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
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Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.
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Culture is about the mindset of people, and we are very happy to have a strong combined mindset of people.
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If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
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Unlike Milan, Italy's banking capital, or Rome, its religious center, Florence was the place where the rich went to buy goods that would showcase how wealthy they were.
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The point of the future is that anything can happen.
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I was disappointed, but I kind of knew it was going to be an uphill struggle because of how strong the first season [of "True Detective"] was.
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I think that any woman who had a conversation with me and had an opportunity to truly understand my life story wouldn't view it through a critical lens. There are people, of course, in the world of politics, who look for things to be critical about. But those people are already against you.
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Music is the unspoken language that can convey feelings more accurately than talking ever could.
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The ultimate success formula: I) Decide what you want (Be precise! Clarity is power) II) Take action (because desire is not enough) III) Notice what's working or not (You don't want to continue to expend energy on an approach that's worthless IV) Change your approach until you achieve what you want (Flexibility gives you the power to create a new approach and a new result.)
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Love is a state of mind which has nothing to do with the mind.
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Language matters because whoever controls the words controls the conversation, because whoever controls the conversation controls its outcome, because whoever frames the debate has already won it, because telling the truth has become harder and harder to achieve in an America drowning in Orwellian Newspeak.
