Erica Jong Quotes
I think a lot of people, when they read about a woman who acknowledges her sexuality and her feelings, get really scared. They say they want to be fearless, but in reality they're terrified. If they acknowledge their deepest feelings, they might have to change their lives.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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When you tell the American people, 'Read my lips. No new taxes,' that should mean no new taxes.
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In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
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It's like deja-vu, all over again.
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When I exercise, I need to connect to myself and see how I'm feeling at the moment because my mood is constantly changing.
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David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.
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I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.
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It's things I wouldn't normally do in my real life, so when I go to work and get to beat people up and shoot guns and get waterboarded, those are things I find completely interesting.
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
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Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies.
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Oh! if people were but acquainted with piety, they would not fear it so much, or give it so unattractive a character; 'tis the balm of life, and perhaps in the world it is believed to consist of bitterness, harshness, uncouthness; but, take my word for it, nothing is more gentle, more yielding, more loving than a pious soul.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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When I get into collecting things, I get a little obsessive. Which is why when I start buying comics, I buy way too many, and I have to stop myself.
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Jazz told people about the special music that came out of America and about America in general and this kind of liberty and freedom that we have.
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For some people, becoming a parent does change them, but it never changed me.
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I think a lot of people, when they read about a woman who acknowledges her sexuality and her feelings, get really scared. They say they want to be fearless, but in reality they're terrified. If they acknowledge their deepest feelings, they might have to change their lives.
