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Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included.

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
Author
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
People
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Famous
Fame
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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Birth is the start of loneliness and loneliness the start of poetry.
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You must have a certain amount of maturity to be a poet. Seldom do sixteen-year-olds know themselves well enough.
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