Emily Giffin Quotes
A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you should make, or what society wants you to make, as opposed to what is truly right for you.
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I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.
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Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.
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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
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It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
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I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.
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Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
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There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which we have to make a decision in a particular case as to which is more important.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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When it comes to jobs, jobs are just like products in the sense that the free market operates and sees that somebody gets paid what they're worth.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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I think I would choose to do things because they are interesting, because I like a character or because it's very well-written. Or because it makes sense.
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I was lying in a burned out basementWith the full moon in my eyes.I was hoping for replacementWhen the sun burst through the sky.There was a band playing in my headAnd I felt like getting high.I was thinking about what aFriend had saidI was hoping it was a lie.
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I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.
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Life is so brief and time is a thief when you're undecided.
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I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.
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A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you should make, or what society wants you to make, as opposed to what is truly right for you.
