Emily V. Gordon Quotes
Sometimes new spouses don't fully process the commitment they've made until after the deal is done, and then they panic.
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Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
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But Eraserhead was the first real intense kind of thing I had ever done before the cameras and Lynch had to really bring me down a lot and he still does.
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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what's going on.
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Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have.
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When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
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Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint.
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I'm all about the drugstore beauty products. They're affordable and get the job done.
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To get important work done, most leaders organize people into teams. They believe that when people collaborate toward a common goal, great things can happen. Yet in reality, the whole is often much less than the sum of the parts.
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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
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I have three Defensive Players of the Year. Only one other player has done that. But being a defensive lineman, it's hard to control the game.
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I'd done 'Peter Pan' in a little pre-K class or whatever.
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It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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Seems like we were always running away from President Obama or trying to undo what he's done.
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Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment.
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I have been obscenely lucky. I've got most of the things I've asked for and done well at the things I've wanted to succeed at.
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The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart.
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When people recognize your work and want to reward you for what you've done, that's a good feeling.
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No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you're perceived to be doing, your job is never done. Every day, you get up and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.
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After having done this whole slew of press for 'Big Love', now I'll have anxiety dreams for like a week and a half about all the stupid things I said. I can't even imagine being in front of the cameras all the time. I had a weird dream the other night that I was on 'Jersey Shore.'
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I would like to get a house in Tuscany: aside from New York, cities do not appeal to me anymore.
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I travel a lot, so I know that it's important to have people in your life to keep you ground.
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Sometimes I go, 'Wow, this is a director I really, really want to work with,' like David Cronenberg. I haunted David Cronenberg for years before, and then he offered me a role.
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Sometimes new spouses don't fully process the commitment they've made until after the deal is done, and then they panic.
