Erica Jong Quotes
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Incendiary capitalism is carrying its out evil works more dangerously than ever, and is doing so in the increasingly dangerous neighborhood of the powder kegs that are the great European military powers.
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It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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My mother is the sort of woman who not only can raise a chicken and roast it to moist perfection but, as she proved to my openmouthed sister and me on a family holiday to Morocco when we were very young, can barter for one in a market, kill it, pluck it, and then cook it to perfection.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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I do find acting cathartic.
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If there really is a God, then he really looks after me.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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The worship of youth has diminished - perhaps generally - in recent years.
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I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.
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Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.
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I grew up in a small town in Georgia where nothing bad happened - it was like Mayberry.
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The Christians committed all sorts of atrocities on the Jews by giving them the label "Killers of Christ". Hitler is not an exception but a culmination of the 2000-year long oppression of the Jews by the Christians
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I don't like jeans with holes in 'em. I like 'em faded.
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If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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In the music world, ageism is a big issue. It's about youth and youth culture. There's no other art form that I know that requires you to be a certain age.
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Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection.
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The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.
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I read books for exams at school, but only because I had to read them, and really didn't enjoy it one little bit! The only time I did enjoy it was when I was asked to read out loud in front of the class, as I then used it as an acting exercise!
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The beauty of diversification is it's about as close as you can get to a free lunch in investing.
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Those are schools that have the largest populations of (students on) free and reduced lunch (programs). So we'll probably find the students who haven't had access to this technology (at home).
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When you start having lunch and actually eating, it's already over.
