Erica Jong Quotes
If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
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I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.
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I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.
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In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
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In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.
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Doing TV is great, but TV is for starring on, not for watching.
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I really like guys who have confidence, but not the cocky over-the-top confidence.
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Time is our enemy here. This small amount of time that we have here this week is the start of putting this team together. These guys have to find a way to come together and it starts here.
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Envy has the ugliness of a trapped rat that has gnawed its own foot in its effort to escape.
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The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there's no excuse for that. That's not a statement. That's not politics. That's not activism. That's just criminal behavior.
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I believe that any single dream contains the essential message about our existence.
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Even a saint may take pleasure, in retrospect, in having been once desired
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Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I think there are a lot of great journalists out there. I don't find much fault in the journalist in general; I think everybody would like to break a good story.
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If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault.
