Erica Jong Quotes
We don't have a clear path forward, and that's been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began.
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The world that you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature... these are not good stories.
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My favorite thing to do in this world is to be on the ice playing hockey and try to entertain fans and bring wins to the Chicago Blackhawks.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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Singles, whatever. But selling a million albums feels like an impossible thing to do.
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I can't sing, but I'll sing over this chord progression, like, over and over, for however long it takes - sometimes it's, like, two minutes, sometimes it's 20 minutes - until I've found like a hook or something that I'm really happy with. And then, basically, it just like that's my melody, and that's where I start from.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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I got a big mouth.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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Given the accelerating velocity of history, we should begin charting deliberately the next phase in its trajectory.
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I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.
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It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something.
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Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.
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In all the world, rich people are very unpopular.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
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If you're doing something you love, an hour feels like five minutes. If you're doing something that doesn't resonate with your spirit, five minutes feels like an hour.
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It's hard sometimes to not want to know what people are saying behind your back and to ignore certain things that are being written.
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Difficulties can be a valuable tool in our pursuit of perfection. Adversity need have no necessary connection with failure.
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I am grateful for the great education at a public university that Germany gave me, and that - added to a little luck - allowed me to achieve. Education is the key to a career, and its basis has to be provided by government.
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Generally it's not a good idea to wear Banana Republic - type khaki journalist clothes in a war zone. You might look too much like something that's supposed to be shot, such as a journalist.
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We don't have a clear path forward, and that's been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began.
