Erica Jong Quotes
That was probably the mistake of my generation, that we thought that having sex with anyone would be intimate and it wasn't.
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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
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'Morning Joe' host Mika Brzezinski's personal life is a minefield. Her father is Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, and while one brother is an Obama appointee, the other advises Romney.
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I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I think that sometimes you can be an example of what to do and what not to do, and I think most of the time I'm an example of what not to do.
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Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truthful.
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I am very shy with people I don't know.
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One year's poor form remains a blip but if it happens next year, you can say it's a trend.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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The settlers do not have a problem with the leftists but, rather, with Israelis who like settlers: Israelis who are unconcerned by the fact that national-religious youngsters are overtaking our elite units. Such Israelis actually appreciate the settlers for that.
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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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Freighted with hope, Crimsoned with joy, We scatter the leaves of our opening rose.
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It's full of phonies, and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a goddam Cadillac some day, and you have to keep making believe you give a damn if the football team loses, and all you do is talk about girls and liquor and sex all day, and everybody sticks together in these dirty little goddam cliques.
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When a belief becomes dominant in American psychological circles one can be sure of one thing: that belief refers to something that no longer exists.
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That was probably the mistake of my generation, that we thought that having sex with anyone would be intimate and it wasn't.
