#up

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. ↗

— Erica Jong

#been #exploited #group #history #idealized

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances are going down or disappearing. ↗

— Erica Jong

#bankrupt #book #disappearing #down #effectively

In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving - instead of actually getting up and leaving. ↗

— Erica Jong

#actually #bad #enough #friends #getting

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#common good #each #formed #good #nation

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#america #become #cease #city #collection

Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#democratic party #history #looked #many #nation

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#destiny #down #find #founders #government

You mentioned Ross Perot. Mr. Perot jumped into the race at the last minute, had one issue that he ran on, the budget deficit, was in and out of the race a couple of times, and still got 20 million votes, didn't have the Internet. ↗

— Hamilton Jordan

#budget deficit #couple #deficit #got #had

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#achieve #around #climb #everybody #figure

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#because #downs #effort #focus #game