Quote by Erica Jong
There is still the feeling that womens writing is a lesser class o

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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Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their grade school teachers reciting Hiawatha and they groan. – Erica Jong

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Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one is to blame. – 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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As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge. – Chaim Potok

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For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure. – Richard Cobden

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We give you the facts. I told you information is power – knowledge is power. We cant be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we dont have the facts. – Tavis Smiley

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It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill. – Wilbur Wright

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