Erica Jong Quotes

Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their grade school teachers reciting 'Hiawatha' and they groan.

Erica Jong

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Money is just a low priority for me. I'm more interested in good work than a big bank account.

John Lithgow

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I'm very enthusiastic about the Academy Awards because if there were no Oscars, we wouldn't have as many good movies as we do have.

Robert Osborne

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Television reporters aren't really called reporters. They are called researchers. And that's really all they are.

Tom Wolfe

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We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter.

Robert Duvall

JourneyYouSomethingGotBetween

Before Twitter or Facebook, all the fandom that I knew about was anecdotal.

Rob Thomas

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Often there is a wall between the journalist and the star because there is usually not much time to get to know a person, and the star is always asked the same questions, and may be defensive.

Ruud Gullit

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I'm not really a big Springsteen guy. I'll listen to the music, but ... I didn't really get attached to it as much as, like, country artists. That's really who I listen to.

Mike Trout

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We are a nation of immigrants, a quilt of many colors, and we've managed over more than two centuries to create a way of life that allows for a reasonable degree of upward mobility, that prizes individual liberty, promotes freedom of religion and genuinely values equal rights for all citizens.

Jay Parini

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There is nothing as fun as making a cultural splash with a movie. Sometimes the splash happens, like with 'Swingers,' where it sort of slowly ripples out, yet everybody could quote it. Or it could be something like 'Elf,' where you just make a big splash right off the bat when the movie comes out.

Jon Favreau

FunYouSometimesNothingRightOut

I want an audience that will come sitting forward in their seats.

Diane Paulus

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I'm going to keep working hard, and I will be happy to play anywhere for the country. I'm young and would like to play anywhere.

Dele Alli

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Being a photographer is like listening to music. If you have a camera, by just living your life you're bound to find some things that are worth taking a picture of. You don't have to be an audiophile to have taste in music. It happens through osmosis.

Christine Elise

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