Erica Jong Quotes
Poetry is the inner life of a culture, its nervous system, its deepest way of imagining the world. A culture that ignores its poets, chokes off its nervous system and becomes mortally ill.
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We want to make sure that we incentivize the health care system to be designed to provide you the best quality health care possible.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
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I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants.
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I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.
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The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.
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I've been a kind of a wildcatter. I've been able to say anything I wanted.
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I just really like Houston despite its craziness. There is a sense of energy and a kind of excitement, 'We're going places and God knows what'll happen next.' It's very interesting. It's very exciting.
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I mean, I've never really had much security, to be honest.
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I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition.
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Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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I am a little shy of any assumption of moral indignation. There is always in it an element of self-satisfaction which makes it awkward to anyone who has a sense of humour.
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Well, I think Perl should run faster than C.
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It was painful, but sometimes you must have these painful moments where you tear yourself away from something that isn't working.
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Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
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I don't drink, I don't take drugs, I don't smoke.
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Fair maid, white and red, Comb me smooth, and stroke my head; And every hair a sheave shall be, And every sheave a golden tree.
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Poetry is the inner life of a culture, its nervous system, its deepest way of imagining the world. A culture that ignores its poets, chokes off its nervous system and becomes mortally ill.
