Erica Jong Quotes
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I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.
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My own wandering blood comes from my seafaring grandfather, who, after he had left the sea and settled on shore, still governed his house by a ship's rules.
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Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.
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I've wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I've played the game. To find the proper way to play any hole, I've always begun by asking myself what the architect has tried to do with it.
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If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
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We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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I'm gonna drop fitty. I'm gonna drop fitty pounds. How many quarter-pounders with cheeses is that? I'm gonna drop 200 quarter-pounder with cheeses.
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Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.
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I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay.
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The ring at the end of my nose makes me look rather pretty.
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Don't play his game. Play yours.
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I tried to come out of the box and I stumbled a little bit. I kind of tweaked it, but it's OK.
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Power never takes two weeks off. Power takes long weekends.
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Every day we choose who we are by how we define ourselves.
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Even if I could, I wouldn't. Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground.
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And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.
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Sometimes if you've got a story that's interesting enough, you don't need to pour sugar on ice cream. The ice cream is great.
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I think herd mentality is a good thing overall. Because if every sheep had to figure out the velocity of the wolf and their personal risk, that would take forever.
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Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.
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The birth of a doubt that was once your belief is drowning in the tears that you cry.
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I convinced myself that sadness and compromise were the ways of the world.
