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Erica Jong Quotes

At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 26, 1942

Topics

Moments Grandparents Over Cultures

Pauline Kael said that Rip Torn could get angrier faster than any other American actor: that he could go from zero to 10 in 1.8 seconds or something like that.

American Go Said Actor Something He

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

Luxury Bed Soft Kingdoms Many

I always lamented that I wasn't a writer during the late '60s and the early '70s, with the New Journalism and Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson and all those people.

People Journalism Early Late New

I write all over the house. Because I write in longhand, I can go anywhere I want... I have some notebooks here and there, and then I type it in and pull it out, and I do the revisions all over the place.

House I Can Place Go Want Write

All over the U.S. there are people whose lives are being destroyed for lack of proper health care provision, and there is no sight more odious than the rich, powerful and arrogant trying to keep it that way.

Health People Rich Care Powerful

I think every woman has this point in her life where she's like, 'I have a great job, great outfits and great friends, but something's missing.'

Life Great Job Woman Think Friends

By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

Good Age Yourself Youth Better You

If you look at tennis, the girls have become much more attractive; they wear makeup. In my generation, you were a tennis player. It wasn't like you had to look a certain way.

Makeup Generation You Look Become

Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and civil rights, equal rights for all, but having visited developing nations and some of the poorest nations in the world, I realize how deep it goes and how much work really needs to be done to create equality for all.

Work Marriage Equality World Deep

When I first started making music, it was where I went when I couldn't express myself, when I wasn't able to connect with other people, when I couldn't talk about what I was going through.

Sharon Van Etten

Music Myself People Talk First

Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many.

Winning World Special Cup Because

When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions.

Morrie Schwartz

You Look Way Possessions See Absurd

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