Erica Jong Quotes
I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn't have to choose. And I believe that's always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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I can improve it a little bit. But it's my head, it's the way I am. So at the end of the day, I will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.
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When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince instead of the other way around.
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I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.
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I love to look back, but I don't want my music to be nostalgic. I want it to have the same vibrancy that the music I love had when it came out. I'm trying to get that electricity.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?
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It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.
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My mail address is open for anyone, and I read all my mails by myself.
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I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.
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I have had strange animals as pets all my life. I was shy growing up, and shy people tend to interact better with animals than people. Animals are direct, not duplicitous.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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I have to say I am a 'Strictly' fan, which is why I am in it. I've always watched it for years. I am not an 'X Factor' fan, and I just think it is a different show. One is about learning something new and having a great time, and the other is rather desperate.
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I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.
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My first concert was 'Nsync.
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I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.
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He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
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The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.
Olusegun Obasanjo
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Only in South Africa could you have a change in government without civil war. If there wasn't the depth of love and caring among our people, this would not have happened.
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Nothing of that which was gained by fraud can go to the liberation of his soul. Let his wealth be divided among the workmen of this our building, and the poorer servants of our palace.
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My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.
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The interesting thing about history sometimes. is that you know these people existed, and you knew what jobs they did, but you don't know much about them as people, so you actually have to make them up.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn't have to choose. And I believe that's always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
