Erica Jong Quotes
You must have a certain amount of maturity to be a poet. Seldom do sixteen-year-olds know themselves well enough.
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No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
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When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
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Hippy people had a hopeful idea of what they wanted the world to be like, then most of them changed into corporate Yuppies. But I still have that hippy thing underneath somewhere.
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It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
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I am gluten free, dairy free and sugar free, although I do slip up on the sugar sometimes because I have a big sweet tooth!
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Oddly enough, I've always really loved Nightcrawler. You know who else they didn't use enough was Phoenix. I just thought her story line was so tragic. I was just really drawn to that character as well.
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What is the world coming to?
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I basically raised myself.
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Directing feels great; I'm really happy to be doing this.
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I always wanted to be a singer, but none of my friends thought I could sing.
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There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
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The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
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During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.
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In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have okay teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you're short and fat, it's a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already.
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My father believed in astrology. His astrologer had predicted that his daughter would become a writer someday. My father would nag me, but I didn't write a word till he passed away. I wish he could see me now.
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I suppose I could have sat back and pitied myself. For a time I wondered if I'd ever be able to go on to a stage and perform again. After a couple of weeks I began to feel I could fight my way back to health if I put my mind to it. I thought to myself: 'Pity never did anybody any good. Go on. Patsy, show 'em what you can do'
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Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old.
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Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous proofs.
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The first draft is usually junk. You have to work on it seven to eight times.
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Everyone told me you can't build a major tech company in Canada. There just aren't enough investors or engineers or top-level managers. Each day, I'm driven to prove them wrong.
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I don't sleep with happily married men.
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You must have a certain amount of maturity to be a poet. Seldom do sixteen-year-olds know themselves well enough.
