Erica Jong Quotes

Anybody who instantly goes from being a poet and a graduate student to being a public figure has to be in a state of shock. First people want to praise you, and then they want to attack you. No one can prepare you for it.

Erica Jong

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There's nothing better than an educated actor - not only educated in his craft but educated in the world.

Joe Morton

WorldBetterNothingActorCraft

You want to be a citizen of the world, and then life happens, and you forget to be a citizen of the world; you're a citizen of your own existence.

Jodie Whittaker

LifeWorldYouForgetCitizenWant

I finish two books a week, mostly nonfiction.

Ann-Marie Campbell

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When I go out, I just put on a little mascara - Chanel is my favourite - and fragrance. I actually apply fragrance right out of the shower - I spray and walk through it so it's not too overpowering.

Anna Ewers

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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Sophocles

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When I was in college, I did sort of want to be a journalist. Being an actor, you kind of have the same interest. You go into a story, and you tell it from your point of view for people who aren't there. That's what an actor does with a character. But the real life is more more interesting.

Sigourney Weaver

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When Estonia reestablished its sovereignty after a half century of successive thuggish, totalitarian, foreign occupations by the Soviets, the Nazis, and then again the Soviets, we knew we wanted to create a democratic country characterized by rule of law and respect for human rights.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

RespectLawCountryCreateHuman

The most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape them. These small things are called by Scouts 'Sign.'

Robert Baden-Powell

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There's no field of music which doesn't have good ideas.

Robert Wyatt

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I think The Big Picture was such a huge shift from my second record.

Michael W. Smith

ThinkPictureBig PictureBigShift

Don't bring on the design engineers too soon. One of the worst things you can do in the early phases of a project is to bring on a bunch of detailed design engineers and then not give them clear direction and close supervision.

Bruce Pittman

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I was an opening act for 10 years.

Shelby Lynne

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