Emily Giffin Quotes
I write about messy relationships, and they put pastel covers on them, but I can't complain.
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I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.
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I became a Communist by studying capitalist political economy, and when I had some understanding of that problem, it actually seemed to me so absurd, so irrational, so inhuman, that I simply began to elaborate on my own formulas for production and distribution.
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I generally have a brand of brief on every day.
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I like to paint, I'm absolutely no good at it, but I'm so comfortable with that because it's good for me to have something to fail at.
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Anything worth doing good takes a little chaos.
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Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work.
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People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it makes me feel alive. I enjoy the whole process of rehearsing, though repetition can make it tedious.
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I just have the normal ringtone, unfortunately.
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You need to have extraordinary wisdom to be the forerunner.
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Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there.
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When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play. And that was it.
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It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-biased media and the homosexuals who want to destroy all Christians.
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A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.
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Hey kid, do you want to come and talk to Charlie?
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If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.
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I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing.
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I've always enjoyed seeing how things are made.
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I exercise; I have a big career. I'm a parent, and I run a music school.
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Everyone says corruption is everywhere, but for me it seems strange to say that and then not try to put the people guilty of that corruption away.
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It's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse. It's the politics of contraband, it's the smuggler's blues.
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Many venture capitalists say they're looking for the next big idea. But they aren't, really; they're looking for something derivative, because derivative is safe.
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Benedick looked to the ceiling as though begging for divine patience. Or for the Lord to strike his sister down. Callie couldn’t quite discern which.
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I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it.
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I write about messy relationships, and they put pastel covers on them, but I can't complain.
