Erica Jong Quotes

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.

Erica Jong

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Why is it that I can remember so easily the lyrics to the opening theme song of 'Gilligan's Island?' Why do I remember these trivial things, and I can't remember the names of important collaborators?

Robert Lepage

SongRememberI CanImportantWhy

I'm never happy with the work I put in. No. I need to be told by my director and people around me that it is fine. Otherwise, I'll even go, like, 'One more take.'

Shraddha Kapoor

WorkHappyPeopleMeGoNever

Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant different things to different people at different times and places.

Robert A. Dahl

HistoryPeopleDemocracyConfusion

The First Amendment doesn't give anybody the right to be heard. People don't have to listen to you.

Rush Limbaugh

PeopleYouFirst AmendmentListen

If I can't do something and excel at it and do it well, I have a tendency to give up on it really easy.

Johnny Iuzzini

EasyUpExcelSomethingGiveWell

I am a very shy and closed person. I stay in my house. The only time I go out is for award functions and maybe interviews. Because, this is part of my profession and I have to do it. Otherwise, I stay in my house or attend some classes.

Disha Patani

TimeI AmAwardHousePersonGo

I'm not a writer. I know a lot of writers; I know a handful of really excellent, great ones, and I know what they're like. They are in love with language. They're obsessed with it. Even if their thoughts aren't more special than anybody else's, they have a way of putting them into words that makes them sensational.

David Small

LoveGreatWordsThoughtsLanguage

I think there's little things you can do with a dermatologist that can stave off major, giant surgery, which is really scary. But I'm all for, if something's bothering you, fix it. At least talk to somebody to see what it would take to fix it, and see if that's for you or not.

Christie Brinkley

Little ThingsThinkYouTalkFix

I think I'm a decent-looking guy. Sometimes I can look great, and other times I look horrifying.

Bradley Cooper

GreatThinkLookI CanSometimes

If you're going to school, you should do what you enjoy.

April Bowlby

SchoolEnjoyYouGoingShould

The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them, are measures of the common good that serve to evaluate the relationship between justice and injustice, development and poverty, security and conflict.

Pope Benedict XVI

LifeGoodRelationshipCommunity

We all need God in certain ways, you know. And I certainly fall short in a lot of categories. And it's at those times that I need much more help than most.

Tim Howard

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