Erica Jong Quotes
As yet we use our media only for selling things - including, of course, political candidates. What will happen when someone masters the art of selling souls?
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Cooking is like music: you can tell when someone puts love into it. I come from a place where there was so much attention to detail. The population is smaller in the South, so more attention is given to serving smaller numbers of people.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
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People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Over the long hours of taping 5, 6 or 7 episodes a day, we develop a great sense of family.
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I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream; it strengthens my creativity.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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In our sport you're very lucky to find a horse of a lifetime and I found mine relatively early. He's done everything for me and I owe him the world.
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The commercial and subsidised theatre are intrinsically linked. I wouldn't have had the career I have had without the opportunities I had through the subsidised sector. However, I do think, in any walk of life, subsidy for the sake of subsidy is not always healthy.
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Acting isn't the be-all end-all. There are a lot of other things in my life that will bring me joy if I didn't act anymore.
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When the party gives me a responsibility, I must do it with complete dedication. God has given me the ability, which I utilise to its optimum.
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Generally, if I read something that I think is really good and that I feel a connection with and is right for me, I see and hear who the guy is, as manifested by me.
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There are plenty of African-Americans in this country - and I would say this goes right up to the White House - who are not by any means poor, but are very much afflicted by white supremacy.
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Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.
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God is never early and never late.
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Genuine sorrows are very tranquil in appearance in the deep bed they have dug for themselves. But, seeming to slumber, they corrode the soul like that frightful acid which penetrates crystal.
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I like missing someone and being missed; I like looking forward to seeing him again. I like getting emails and texts with lots of xxx's.
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As yet we use our media only for selling things - including, of course, political candidates. What will happen when someone masters the art of selling souls?
