Emily Mortimer Quotes
I think that you can get more passionate about somebody the longer you're with them and the more you know them and the more you go through together. Being married is definitely better than it's cracked up to be I think.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.
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I still keep my accent.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.
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There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks!
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I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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I love doing the dishes... not for the act of cleaning but because I get to put my headphones in, listen to music, and ignore the world for an hour, and it's totally acceptable because I'm cleaning.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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I would imagine that if you had a media brand that is solely focused on publishing 5,000-word stories with beautiful proprietary photographs and highly-produced videos, it would be a tough thing to make that economically sustainable.
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I think difficult characters are very rewarding to do. They often have facets to them and this and that.
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The Grammys used me for ratings. And they were up 18 percent!
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My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.
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I'm so proud of the community we've been able to bring together, and the notion of women making the first move is no longer taboo; it's no longer a scarlet letter to have a voice.
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I think that you can get more passionate about somebody the longer you're with them and the more you know them and the more you go through together. Being married is definitely better than it's cracked up to be I think.
