Emily Robison (Emily Burns Strayer) Quotes
It is amazing what people feel they have the right to tell you to your face when you're famous.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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I feel fine as long I'm not running around.
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I'm training and preparing because nothing is predictable in boxing. I'm preparing for those rounds, and if it happens that I get a shot, whatever advantage I have, I will be ready for 12 rounds.
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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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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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The film 'Tapped' illustrates quite clearly how we've been getting 'soaked' for years by the bottled water industry.
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I do or die, but I never cancel out.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
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I don't like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, 'Blah blah blah movies.' I find it incredibly boring.
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Some people don't like long bus rides, but I love them. There's sort of a sense of solitude.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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There are values on Broadway that are dangerous: it's got to be Best Musical, it's got to make money, it's got to run a certain amount of time. Nowhere in this, of course, is there any mention of quality.
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People face difficulties, no matter who you are. I faced difficulties with a lot of things. I face opposition every day, but I didn't kill myself and now, thank God, I'm here.
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The people who are doing really well and who are getting stopped in airports are the people who are going to say the more outrageous things and get on TV and state their opinion on a regular basis.
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If you could do tomorrow over again, would you?
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I feel very strongly indeed that a Cambridge education for our scientists should include some contact with the humanistic side. The gift of expression is important to them as scientists; the best research is wasted when it is extremely difficult to discover what it is all about ... It is even more important when scientists are called upon to play their part in the world of affairs, as is happening to an increasing extent.
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It is amazing what people feel they have the right to tell you to your face when you're famous.
