Erica Jong Quotes
It is a sad paradox that when male authors impersonate women ... they are said to be dealing with 'cosmic, major concerns' - but when we impersonate ourselves we are said to be writing 'women's fiction' or 'women's poetry.
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be understanding but opinion. For true understanding has not only certain truth, but the knowledge of truth.
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I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
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I'm not really interested in promoting 'Olive' as a series about depression or mental illness.
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In the time I spent with him, Jurgen Klopp was enigmatic, larger than life, and extremely quick-witted. He is quite unique as a football manager in many ways, and that is what makes him so entertaining.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
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With movies, you can do a lot more roles a lot faster. My favorite thing about acting is taking on new characters. It's fun switching it up at times. No matter what, I feel so honored and blessed to be 16 and already living my dream. It's really special.
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When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.
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You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around.
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Keratin can be very colorful, as we see in birds. We'd expect dinosaurs to be very colorful because they basically invented the characteristics we see in birds.
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You don't have to live in a garage to write great poetry.
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When I was 16, I had a really big hit in the K-pop world. It was a hip-hop/R&B/pop song. I kinda strayed from that because of the writers I was hanging out with.
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The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.
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The red carpet is not something I really know how to work. It intimidates me. I feel very tiny.
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Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the producers or the public tell you to.
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It's not fair for little kids to feel bad about themselves for how they look.
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People enjoy making fun of people who are famous; they love putting people down.
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I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.
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Read everything. Write all the time. And if you can do anything else that gives you equal pleasure and allows you to sleep soundly at night, do that instead. The writing life is an odd one, to say the least.
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Unlike motor sport, I didn't get into music for the live performances. I like writing and studio work and seeing how a song can come to life.
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I very seldom read back into what I've written.
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It is a sad paradox that when male authors impersonate women ... they are said to be dealing with 'cosmic, major concerns' - but when we impersonate ourselves we are said to be writing 'women's fiction' or 'women's poetry.
