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

• Writing
• Hurt
• Minutes
• Interfere
• Adultery
• Fidelity

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

  

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  • Color
  • Blind

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

  

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

  

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  • Career
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• 'Vanity' means worthlessness.

  

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

  

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

  

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• 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.

  

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  • Men
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  • High

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

  

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

  

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  • War
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• 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 was so affected by the tragic shootings that took place in Newtown, Connecticut, as we all were.

  

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• I always wanted to be an independent maverick, writing plays and putting them on myself.

  

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• 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