Erica Jong Quotes

People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against progressive ideas.

Erica Jong

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ChangeHistoryPeopleIdeasThink

When you're a 'product' for a lot of people, they're only really after one thing, and so it's hard to completely let down your guard.

Jesse McCartney

PeopleYouDownProductHardGuard

The first time someone stood up in front of the fire and told the story while illustrating it with shadows on the walls of the quarry, that was the birth of theater.

Robert Lepage

TimeFireWallsStorySomeoneBirth

I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.

Jeff Bridges

LifeTimeOpportunitiesTakeLeft

I really have lived in books. Books are friends. They are some of the friends that make you who you are.

Stanley Hauerwas

FriendsYouLivedBooksWhoSome

Racism is a problem, economic inequality is a problem, not enough rock n' roll on the radio is a problem. But all those problems will become insignificant when the oceans rise in a way that threatens organised human activity.

Tom Morello

RacismProblemsProblemEnoughRise

On stage, you have nothing to hide behind. It allows the work to live in a more organic place. It's almost like a meditation. You have to go on that stage and be as present as possible.

Ari Graynor

WorkLivePresentYouHidePlace

I spend an awful lot of time just thinking about what is going on in the world and talking to people about that. It's probably one of my default social activities, just getting dinners with friends.

Peter Thiel

TimePeopleWorldThinkingTalking

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

FriendHopePleasantAcquaintance

Love me some oysters. I always try them in different countries and cities.

Nina Agdal

LoveMeLove MeTryAlwaysSome

I am very interested in female characters and bringing a new perspective to mediums where not necessarily that's been valued at all.

Noelle Stevenson

PerspectiveI AmNewNew Perspective

Faith is walking by faith, not by what you feel. You are not always going to feel that Jesus loves you or that God is good, but you know He is. It is the up and down of the journey.

Nick Vujicic

GoodGodJourneyFaithWalkingYou

A universe with a creator would be a totally different kind of universe, scientifically speaking, than one without.

Richard Dawkins

UniverseKindWithoutCreatorWould

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