Erica Jong Quotes
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
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Growth doesn't hurt. This is what I've learned. In the end, it doesn't hurt. It hurts while it's happening. But in the end, you know, for life, for parenting, and for the arts, it's not a bad - not a bad thing to try for.
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There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!
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When we were in Sweden, there was a fan that hid in a bin. I think one of the security guards saw and tried to take her out, and she went a bit crazy and started tackling them.
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It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.
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If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
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Consciously risk the loss of something before losing it, and you will lose the fear of losing it.
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In brief, she is the partner to what primarily he creates; he is the visitor to what primarily she creates. To me, this wasn’t equality.
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My heart is warm with friends I make, And better friends I'll not be knowing, Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take, No matter where it's going.
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I leaned right over to kiss your stoney book A little jealous of the ships with whom you flirt A billion lovers with their cameras Snap to look and in my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt
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I love my profession. I would never stop. Relax? I relax when I work. It's my life.
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No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland.
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I guess artists are living inspiration. There's something very pure about a person that fantasizes. I like hearing their stories, watching them work. Their take on the world interests me. It's not unified.
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I find you get out of people what you put into them.
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Life is a process of evolution.
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The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.
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Single men never have any problems. I suppose that the public builds some kind of idea from what they've seen of me on the screen.
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But there's always a Mass. It's not a formal Mass at all. We're sitting around her dining room table with wine and Eucharist and holding hands. It's very informal and small, but to me that's a wonderful way to have Mass.
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There were many years when I was hand-to-mouth and didn't know how I was gonna make rent. I've done every job under the sun, from busing tables, temping, and working in factories to SAT prep and detailing cars. So to be able to make a living where all I do is write is absolutely liberating.
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We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars.
