Emily Giffin Quotes
I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.
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It's like driving your car. If you drive too fast on the highway, you will topple, so you better maintain your speed. Life is similar to that, and that's the way you have to control your head.
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the consumers' purchase of network capacity is separate from their purchase of the hardware and software they use on that network. It will take government action, or some disruptive technology or business innovation, to get us there.
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.
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Keep your debt low, and ask, Can your operational expertise make an impact? Then you're taking away a lot of the risk.
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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There's almost no author alive who isn't weathering the tumultuous changes in the publishing industry.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
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It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything.
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When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
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I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them.
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I love being part of huge mega blockbusters, and I love being a part of small independent films and small stage.
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I have so many friends who have no idea what they want to do. They are out of college and working, but not sure they are doing what they want to do, which is normal.
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I can tell you what women love, and that's when people man-splain things to us about what women want and need.
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Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.
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My mother and father were perfect role models. They were together for 25 years and very much in love. But I've got too much to do now. I'm only 27.
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Many things are mechanical and should remain mechanical. But mechanical thoughts, mechanical feelings—that is what has to be studied and can and should be changed. Mechanical thinking is not worth a penny. You can think about many things mechanically, but you will get nothing from it.
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I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.
