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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Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.
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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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Whenever you set a goal of any kind, you will have to grow and develop to the point where you are ready to achieve it.
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When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.
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As a black woman, I have no particular interest in maintaining the status quo. Why would I? The status quo is harmful; the status quo is significantly racist and sexist and a whole bunch of other things that I think need to change.
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Number one, you have to clean up and neutralize the situation in New Orleans so that they can get in and do the work there. And of course also in Alabama and Mississippi.
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You don't fight ideas with bombs.
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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.
