Emily Giffin Quotes
For an interesting nonfiction read, I really enjoyed 'Quiet' by Susan Cain. I read it with my husband, who is a true introvert, whereas I am an introvert masquerading as an extrovert.
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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It's not like I ever sat in my room and said I was going to start a media company and become an editor in chief. It was never my dream. It was something that just happened.
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I'm completely in love with the idea of love.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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In my seaside town, there is a plethora of benches, each one bearing a little brass plate commemorating a deceased occupant. You sit with ghosts.
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When I'm doing my own makeup, I just stick to a bit of black liner, some blush and a nude glossy lip.
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I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.
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I've watched Urkel since I was a little kid.
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No matter how many personal productivity techniques you master, there will always be more to do than you can ever accomplish in the time you have available to you, no matter how much it is.
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I'd much rather win in three or four sets than go the distance all the time; I seem to put everyone through the wringer quite a bit.
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I've goofed, and there's been something interesting, but I haven't made use of it. It just doesn't interest me.
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For most inhabitants of the Arab world, the prevailing cultural attitude toward women - fed and encouraged by Wahhabi doctrine, which is based on Bedouin social norms rather than Islamic jurisprudence - often trumps the rights accorded to women by Islam.
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For an interesting nonfiction read, I really enjoyed 'Quiet' by Susan Cain. I read it with my husband, who is a true introvert, whereas I am an introvert masquerading as an extrovert.
