Erica Jong Quotes

I tried to keep myself away from him by using con words like "fidelity" and "adultery", by telling myself that he would interfere with my work, that I had him I'd be too happy to write. I tried to tell myself I was hurting Bennett, hurting myself, making a spectacle of myself. I was. But nothing helped. I was possessed. The minute he walked into a room and smiled at me, I was a goner.

Erica Jong

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• Hurt
• Minutes
• Interfere
• Adultery
• Fidelity

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  Ramana Maharshi
  • Consciousness
  • Deny

• Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Man
  • Color
  • Blind

• I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • People
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• I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.

  

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  • Money
  • Desire
  • Travel

• I've been watching 'The Cosby Show' and 'Roseanne' a lot right now, and those work so well because they're not, like, jokey comedies; they are coming from real characters. We want our show to be like that. A family show.

  

  Abbi Jacobson
  • Work
  • Real
  • Family

• It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.

  

  Ottmar Hitzfeld
  • Career
  • Finish
  • Coach

• 'Vanity' means worthlessness.

  

  Vanity
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  • Vanity
  • Worthlessness

• A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
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• I don't see why OPEC countries should continue to cut production just to keep the price of oil high. This will not affect the industrial countries alone, it will also hit poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Who will look after them?

  

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  • Why
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• Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.

  

  Malcolm Boyd
  • Different
  • Home
  • Week

• My thinking has always been that the worst problem we have with regard to lack of inclusion is the terribly low labor force participation rates and terribly high unemployment rates of young men, especially young men in ethnic minority groups and, in particular, young black men.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Men
  • Thinking
  • High

• Whatever you're selling, storage or networking or security, you're going head to head with the incumbent players.

  

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  • You
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• When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.

  

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  • Ride
  • Egypt
  • Outsider

• I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • People
  • American
  • Deep

• And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.

  

  Samantha Smith
  • War
  • Want
  • Said

• Twitter may have a cute-sounding name, but it exists, it generates a ton of content, it implicates all types of people, and it has nuances that are important to get right. Hopefully, its careless rendering by sloppy journalists won't lead to the dumbification of America.

  

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• I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.

  

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• The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

  

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  • Great
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• At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.

  

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  • Actress
  • Vengeance
  • Phased

• There's so much more to a book than just the reading.

  

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  • Book
  • Reading

• You don't want to make a movie just to make a movie. You better have a point of view.

  

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  • Movie

• Escape into the dream. Escape, a key thing charged against these drugs, that they are for escapists. I think the people who make this charge hardly dare dream to what degree they are escapist.

  

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• Turkey has a young and growing population. Until recently, this was perceived as a problem, a burden that Turkey would bring to the E.U. But it is, in fact, an asset that can help the population deficit of the E.U. and the economic growth of Turkey.

  

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  • Help
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  • Growth

• I tried to keep myself away from him by using con words like "fidelity" and "adultery", by telling myself that he would interfere with my work, that I had him I'd be too happy to write. I tried to tell myself I was hurting Bennett, hurting myself, making a spectacle of myself. I was. But nothing helped. I was possessed. The minute he walked into a room and smiled at me, I was a goner.

  

  Erica Jong
  • Writing
  • Hurt
  • Minutes