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!
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You know, on the road, I never miss a meal. I eat five, six, seven times a day, depending on when I wake up and when I got to sleep. I never miss a training day. I always get my four days out of my seven.
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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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I voted for Barack Obama.
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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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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I don't think the lifestyle that I have, the things going on in my life right now, you could put that on any 23-year-old kid. But, you know, I was raised right, and I'm prepared for whatever.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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There aren't a whole lot of things I want out of life. My bucket list is extremely short: Achieve the success in the industry I want, and get married. If I achieve both of those, I can die completely stoked. I don't need anything else.
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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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My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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It's important for us as Democrats to stick together.
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Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?
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When you are a politician, it means to work for the benefit of the country, not to stay home. In politics, it ends only when one dies.
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I love things made out of animals. It's just so funny to think of someone saying, 'I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer.
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If I can change than anyone can change. I promise you that.
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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!
