Erica Jong Quotes

I guess the thing that I'm most proud of is that I kept on writing poetry. I understand that poetry is sort of the source of everything I do. It's the source of my creativity.

Erica Jong

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Mos Def is one of the most creative, intelligent human beings I've had the opportunity to work with. He is fun. The entire time, he would go in and out of different characters, just for the fun of it. Awesome energy.

Jill Scott

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I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.

John Lewis

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Nobody ever looked at me in Krasnodar. I'm not in the taste of the men there at all.

Anna Netrebko

MenMeNobodyTasteEverLooked

Richard Donner's friendship and guidance showed me that there's more to life than being an actor.

Jeff Cohen

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For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.' I could name you tons more. I would go off and experience life instead of working - I was learning to fly jets, went on an African safari, sailed the Caribbean - which wasn't necessarily bad.

John Travolta

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I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day.

Judi Dench

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Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and keeps it together. It is, in fact, the essence of civil society.

Joseph P. Bradley

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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

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Much of the misgiving that Muslims feel for the West stems from our strong emphasis on freedom, always a risky enterprise. I've heard some say they would rather rear their children in a closely guarded Islamic society than in the United States, where freedom so often leads to decadence.

Philip Yancey

FreedomChildrenSocietyStrongFeel

I love theater. To have the people onstage right there, to be working in concert with other artists, this is a like a school of fish moving together.

Phylicia Rashad

LoveTogetherSchoolPeopleMoving

Compromise on ethical conduct is not an option.

Rex Tillerson

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There are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are different and yet they are the same. The success has this over his rivals: He knows where he is going.

Mark Caine

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