Emily Robison (Emily Burns Strayer) Quotes
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage.
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I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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I was never a person who dated in high school, because at 17, everything just felt like it had to be so rushed. Relationships just bounced around like crazy in high school! And now, I never want to rush anything. I just want to enjoy all of the steps.
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Birth was the death of him.
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When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.
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I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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My tax cut would cut hundreds of billions of dollars. So to do it, you have to be willing to cut spending, too. But if you were to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, that money's left in communities.
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Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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Sleeping is one of the more private aspects of parenting; it happens in a quiet room, whereas eating is a more public aspect of parenting. Other people can see it and compare it to what their kids eat.
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It is plain to me that our prelates, in granting indulgences, do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.
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If I had a prayer, it would be this: 'God spare me from the desire for love, approval, and appreciation. Amen.'
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America had been a boom-and-bust economy going into the Great Depression - just over and over and over, fortunes were wiped out, ordinary families were crushed under it.
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I'm a huge Kelly Clarkson fan. I think she's great.
