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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas,

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. – Erica Jong

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Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God. – Erica Jong

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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. – Erica Jong

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The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. – George Santayana

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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. – Doug Larson

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