Erica Jong Quotes

I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.

Erica Jong

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MoneyI AmNeverFirstMiraclePoet

The pig is not just pork chops and bacon and ham to us. The pig is a co-laborer in this great land-healing ministry.

Joel Salatin

GreatPigBaconPorkUsJust

There is no conscious choice of heterosexual identity any more than there is a homosexual one. The last person in the world who wants to be homosexual, for the most part, are homosexuals.

Michael Eric Dyson

IdentityWorldChoicePersonMore

I'm always reading a novel. If it's good, I remember why I love my job.

Alvaro Enrigue

LoveGoodJobReadingRememberWhy

The doctors who have examined me say I am healthy enough for a long life, so don't have any illusions that I'll soon leave this world.

Tomas Borge

LifeI AmMeWorldEnoughLong

The knives of jealousy are honed on details.

Ruth Rendell

JealousyDetailsKnives

Together with President Obama, we are moving America forward, not back.

Martin O'Malley

TogetherMovingForwardAmericaBack

I certainly believe that I have no right to tell another couple whether they can or cannot be married.

Michael Moore

BelieveRightTellCannotMarried

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

Joseph Brodsky

EducationEverythingSomethingWell

But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses.

Christopher Shays

WarIllnessGulf WarCauseMany

When I say I hate nostalgia, I hate things set in the recent past where everything is shiny and new.

Chris O'Dowd

HatePastNostalgiaNewSayThings

A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read again and again, skip and go back. The story in a book is humble and serviceable, available, friendly, is not switched on and off but taken up and put down, lasts a lifetime.

William Golding

HumbleActionBookStoryChooseGo

In their 20s, women try to be somebody they're not and try to turn themselves into something different. Now I'm in my 30s; I'm very happy with who I am.

Shakira

WomenI AmHappyNowTryTurn

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