Quote by Erica Jong
The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise. – Erica Jong

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There is still the feeling that womens writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge. – Erica Jong

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Knowledge
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood. – Erica Jong

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Entertainment
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. – Erica Jong

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Feminism
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I never pursued being famous. – Francesca Annis

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The one thing youve got to say about Columbia is that it has courses that are famous. It has alumni who come back and say it was the best thing they ever did. – William Scott

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I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous. – Walt Disney

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My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater. – Shirley Knight

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I really dont like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it. – Larry Bird

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My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair. – Aeschylus

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