Erica Jong Quotes

When I'm sitting at the desk not being able to write line one, it's silence and despair! It's not so easy to put the pen to the legal pad or type the first sentence on the computer screen.

Erica Jong

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SilenceLegalEasyPenDeskSitting

Of what value is a mind when placed in the brain of a coward? If mind is a gift of God to man for his use, let him use it. A mind is not in use when doing no good.

Andrew Taylor Still

GoodGodManValueMindBrain

Patience has never been my strong suit.

Michael Chiklis

PatienceStrongNeverSuitBeen

Watching the Commons tribute to Margaret Thatcher was like being suffocated inside a gigantic sticky toffee pudding, but one with nasty bogeys planted inside. There was much of the 'Margaret Thatcher who was lucky enough to know me,' especially from her own side of the House.

Simon Hoggart

MeEnoughHouseKnowLuckyWatching

I mean, I'm just speaking of my own experiences and my own desires, and it's a kind of a childlike wonder that could really possibly speculate on other dimensions.

Shirley MacLaine

WonderKindChildlikeMy OwnMean

With music, you're working with a producer, and you walk out of the studio six hours later with a track that's almost completely finished. There's an almost immediate payoff.

Matisyahu

MusicWalkYouProducerOutWorking

Music, not sex, got me aroused.

Marvin Gaye

MusicMeSexGotAroused

Let's be clear about one thing. Non-college educated doesn't mean stupid. It means you wisely chose not to pay $40,000 a year to be lectured on microaggressions.

Milo Yiannopoulos

StupidYearYouMeanPayEducated

This thing happened where I noticed anytime I got together with four friends or more, the conversation goes to food.

Lisa Lampanelli

FoodTogetherFriendsConversation

Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump.

Judi Dench

WorkBicycleYouKnowBecausePump

When I was in fourth grade... this wonderful teacher said you didn't have to write a book report, you could just talk about the book, you could do a drawing of the book, you could write a play inspired by the book, and that's what I did. I got to be so famous. I had to go around to every school and perform it. It was just so natural and fun.

Didi Conn

TeacherSchoolFunBookDrawingYou

I met Ne-Yo in London. I sang for him and he said, 'I want to sign you.' It was amazing - it meant my name was buzzing around the industry and I got to meet lots of different labels.

Conor Maynard

AmazingNameYouSaidWantMeet

Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.

Clive Owen

WorldDifferentLikeDifferent World

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