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.

Erica Jong

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• Everyone romanticizes somebody.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Everyone
  • Somebody

• 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.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Up
  • Feel
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• Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Man
  • Me
  • Him

• '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.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Life
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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.

  

  Ed Harris
  • People
  • Country
  • Think

• I don't think good and evil are polarized.

  

  Sam Mendes
  • Good
  • Evil
  • Good And Evil

• 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.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Thinking
  • Kids
  • Cool

• 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.

  

  Eden Sher
  • World
  • Family
  • Learn

• 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?

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Know
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• I started breaking out of my shell in sophomore and junior year.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Year
  • Started
  • Shell

• 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.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • Time
  • Think
  • Sometimes

• Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Baseball
  • Percent
  • Mental

• I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.

  

  Ian Hamilton Finlay
  • Life
  • Tragic
  • Beginner

• I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truthful.

  

  Naveen Andrews
  • Think
  • Actor
  • Starting

• Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on!

  

  Beah Richards
  • Winning
  • Competition
  • Losing

• I am very shy with people I don't know.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Shy

• One year's poor form remains a blip but if it happens next year, you can say it's a trend.

  

  Gary Neville
  • You
  • Year
  • Poor

• I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Look
  • Three
  • Jerusalem

• 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.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Problem
  • Like
  • Religious

• Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Truth
  • Fear
  • Die

• I think men are more adventurous in that they're more likely to take chances. Women play it safe. But now, maybe more of the women that see how it's working for the guys think, 'I can do that, too'. Maybe they'll pick male players, not necessarily female players; it's just whatever that match is that works for that player.

  

  Martina Navratilova
  • Men
  • Women
  • Player

• He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.

  

  Alphonsus Liguori
  • World
  • Jesus
  • Wishes

• That was probably the mistake of my generation, that we thought that having sex with anyone would be intimate and it wasn't.

  

  Erica Jong
  • Mistake
  • Sex
  • Generations