Emily Ratajkowski Quotes
My mum bought discounted tickets for shows like 'Cats' and 'Les Miserables'; I became completely enamoured.
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When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in and that earning above the minimum wage did not protect adults from having to share a room with dozens of others.
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In talking to you I feel very much more at ease than my colleagues who gave the speeches during the banquet.
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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.
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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
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It was endlessly entertaining, watching people beat each other up. All the little kids in the neighborhood would come and watch... and then we'd beat them up as well.
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I keep my horses out in the open, but when I was working the ranches, I had to clean the stalls. It was a horrible job.
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The problem with dragons is that everyone uses them. All the time. When that happens, they become commonplace. A lot of people think you can just throw them into a story and suddenly whatever you're writing is 28% cooler. But that doesn't work. All that does is make dragons into some boring cliche.
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A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
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I've tried to quit writing several times, but I enjoy it too much.
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The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society.
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In terms of pace, I think I just have to revisit my relationship with expectations. That has a little bit to do with comparing ourselves to other people and seeing other people's journey and seeing how they had a certain success at a certain age.
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Everything is a piece of me, a moment of my life.
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Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
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Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
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I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
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I'm not sure I make old bones in parliament. It's an amazing experience to have had but I can't see myself being Mother of the House.
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Sometimes, people only change what they look like for the acceptance of other people, and that's where you start going wrong.
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Chiki Sarkar edited 'Mrs Funnybones,' and she is a ruthless but kind editor to work with. The only lesson I learnt during this process was to say, 'Yes, Prime Minister,' and re-write.
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Being a mom has affected me in the greatest way possible - and in a necessary way. Having my son has helped me to be grounded, and I feel like with a child you have to really think about things all the way through.
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My daughter has fulfilled all of my dreams, because she has a BA and MBA in business. She's both a financial analyst and a plus-size model. She has the best of both worlds because, in modeling, you have to have something to fall back on.
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My mum bought discounted tickets for shows like 'Cats' and 'Les Miserables'; I became completely enamoured.
