Erica Jong Quotes
You don't get to choose what you get famous for and you don't get to control which of your life's many struggles gets to stand for you.
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I'm incredibly humbled that the leader of the modern liberty movement and strong conservative leader Congressman Ron Paul is backing our campaign.
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To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.' If you don't know that you're pretending, then you should really seek medical help. I don't have patience for that stuff.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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What is obnoxious about the motives of politicians - whatever those motives may be - is that politicians must announce their motives as visionary and grand.
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You can't beat a Diane Von Fostenburg wrap dress; I always tend to go for the wrap dresses with a little more structure. I also love Prada shoes.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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We filmed 'Expelled' in Santa Clarita at an all-girl's school. There were twelve hour days.
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I did a minor in creative writing in college, but I didn't start writing until I stayed at home with my own children.
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Politics won't allow for the truth.
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No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.
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I've always been able to sense the relationship between two people based on how one person says the other's name!
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Long skirts are annoying; they get in the way.
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More passengers fly in and out of London than any other city in the world. We are well-connected, we have ample capacity, and we are starting from a position of strength. The problem is that we don't use that capacity well.
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I've always found it embarrassing to receive awards.
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For the prevision is allied Unto the thing so signified; Or say, the foresight that awaits Is the same Genius that creates.
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Happiness, in truth, may not be the fruit plucked by my action yet without action all fruit will die on the vine. I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. I will act now.
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Death slue not him, but he made death his ladder to the skies.
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It is a fact that no man improves much after the age of 60 and after 65, most suffer a really alarming decline. I could give some examples, but at the advice of my publisher will refrain from doing so.
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I feel so much more comfortable when I'm working on material which makes other people scratch their heads and ask, 'You're going to make a musical out of that?'
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The basic thing with adventure medicine or extreme medicine is that you are going to places where humans don't belong and people will certainly get into trouble.
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I've had my share of struggle. I believe, never take success to your head or failure to your heart.
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They want me on the television shows now because I did so well on Celebrity Assholes.
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You don't get to choose what you get famous for and you don't get to control which of your life's many struggles gets to stand for you.
