"Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness."
-Erica Jong
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"Men and women, women and men. It will never work."
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"You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy."
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"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."
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"Women are not the richer sex. Women are not equal in society."
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"I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper."
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"What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy."
-Pete Fountain
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"I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did."
-Nas
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"That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse."
-J. M. Barrie
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"On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land, there would be no jealousy between them on England's account."
-Henry Lawson
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"Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't."
-Jonathan Raban
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"When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's a fact."
-Jeff Ross
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