Erica Jong Quotes
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I founded Camellia Network with my dear friend Isis Dallis Keigwin. The mission of our organization is to create a national network that connects every youth aging out of foster care to the critical resources, opportunities, and support they need to thrive in adulthood.
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I started breaking out of my shell in sophomore and junior year.
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If you don't shop smart, you get a little trendy.
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I used to be on the Lincoln City Council. You learn that there's never enough money for all of the police officers and fire-fighting apparatus you'd like to have.
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I want to make the IKEA of clothes for fat girls and boys. Cheap, affordable, basic - but ethically made. Basics, you know? Like Spanx - I'm still confused as to why retailers haven't ripped them off yet and done it well. It's because they don't understand the basics behind it. I love Spanx. I'm wearing 'em right now!
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Public money should be spent on art but through individuals not committees.
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I moved to New York when I was 10, from Rio de Janeiro. So there was no need for driving: I took the subway, cabs and the bus.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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I feel that everyone has a right to be insane.
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But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.
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As far as everyone else's opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn't have left Compton, so I don't get too caught up on what the next person thinks.
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I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.
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I just have to concentrate on doing what I do.
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If we see too much of one person, even though we like that person, we start to kind of pull for other people.
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Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn.
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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I want more movies like 'Straight Outta Compton.' Showing our stories of triumph, we'll make it through, and we'll get to something better.
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You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.
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Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.
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The biggest thing is to create a product that consumers find useful. As more and more people like something, it becomes harder and harder to have a conspiracy theory about it.
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Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation.
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If you're a writer, you just keep following the path - keep going deeper and deeper into the things that interest you.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
