Emily Perkins Quotes
My fans have been so great. I'll go on fansites and read messages they put, and they all seem like really nice people.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.
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Life doesn't stop because something happens to you.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
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Inspire your children. I promise, your kids will think you're cool if you do this. They may not tell you that now, but they'll thank you later in life.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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I had this maroon 'Lion King' tracksuit that my mum couldn't take off me. I wore it until the sleeves ended at my elbows and the trousers ended at my knees.
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I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend certain things, it does not follow that he must be able to comprehend everything.
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Urban residents, most of them middle class, have a much better sense of their environmental rights, and they're willing to take to the streets.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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Take your average couscous salad, and it's almost always a sloppy mush, no matter how much attention has gone into getting flavours in there.
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Everybody just told me from the day I went into high school that I looked like Carol Burnett.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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To know you are in the company with people who love and care for each other, as well as for whatever they are working on, is almost essential.
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I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama, but I keep forgetting to think of 'Charles II' as a costume drama.
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I never, ever, ever cook. And I would never eat anything I might cook.
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I am so pathetic with machines in real life, it's not a joke. I'd rather walk, or even run, than take the car out myself. I like to be driven around. Yes, I like fancy cars, and fancy bikes, too. It's my dream to learn how to ride one myself, but for now, I am content being driven around.
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I was a big fan of how Johnny Carson hosted awards shows. Dick Cavett, as well, I think did a really great job of providing a nice blend of comedy, wit and class.
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My fans have been so great. I'll go on fansites and read messages they put, and they all seem like really nice people.
