Erica Jong Quotes
Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.Erica Jong
Quotes to Explore
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
Sam Graves -
It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
W. Somerset Maugham -
If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
Hanna Rosin -
Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
Natasha Trethewey -
About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
Takeru Kobayashi -
Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
Venus Williams
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There's nothing interesting about seeing our characters for an hour and a half do some flashy flying in the sky and beating up on some buildings. It's boring, and people don't want that anymore. They want character, and they want story.
Finn Jones -
No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I had a lot of survival jobs. One was for the Witty Ditty singing-telegram company. I was in the red-and-white stripes with the straw boater hat and kazoo. Balloons. Even when you're sleeping on a friend's couch, you have to pay some kind of rent.
Aaron Sorkin -
Nobody really knows for sure who the Blue Blazer is, but like I said in my interview, there's a little bit of the Blue Blazer in each and every one of us.
Owen Hart -
Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Kate Grenville -
The X Games have done night and day for snowboarding and action sports.
Nate Holland
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People making it like I sit there and eat a whole plate of candy before I play a basketball game. I don't think anyone could do that.
Lamar Odom -
I am Jewish, Italian, American, Catholic.
Lapo Elkann -
So I have four daughters, about ten granddaughters, and five grandsons.
Pat Boone -
I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California.
G-Eazy -
If I'm chartering in and out and flying home after I play, that doesn't make sense. But where we can bus, then we'll bring the family out and spend time with them during the day.
Zac Brown Band -
There is no original truth, only original error.
Gaston Bachelard
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Fiscal decentralisation does not lead to higher economic growth because economic growth is much more driven by factors other than taxes and spending, e.g. increases in technological progress and improved human capital.
Lars Feld -
Golf is a game with morals. There's always an opportunity to be a scoundrel. That's why it's a gentleman's game.
Katt Williams -
Amongst Indian celebrities, Shah Rukh is a great one to interview. He's a brilliant T.V. anchor, a people person, and enjoys talking.
Cyrus Broacha -
Why does death engender fear? Because death meant change, a change greater then we have ever known, and because death was indeed a mirror that made us see ourselves as never before. A mirror that we should cover, as people in olden days covered mirrors when someone died, for fear of an evil. For with all our care and pain for those who had gone, it was ourselves too we felt the agony for. Perhaps ourselves above all.
David Clement-Davies -
I'm always a competitor. I'm not there just to have a good time. I want to play well and perform well.
Matt Kuchar -
Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.
Erica Jong