Emily Giffin Quotes

It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!

Emily Giffin

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• The day I finished 'Twilight,' I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon,' I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in 'Twilight.'

  

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• When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.

  

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• If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.

  

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• Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

  

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• When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more about it.

  

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• There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.

  

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• For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

  

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• It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!

  

  Emily Giffin
  • Time
  • Work
  • Long