Emily V. Gordon Quotes
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God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals?
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I understand that a lot of girls feel encouraged by what I have been able to do, but I've never felt like I'm a role model. I'm not concerned with building a great legacy or anything because I'll be dead so it won't matter.
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It's not my goal to be a famous actor.
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When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself.
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Living with my grandmother in Bath, I sort of thought I was living in the 19th century. My grandmother was someone who, in a way, was rather defiantly trying to live a pre-World War I existence.
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I have always been of opinion that all the political workers should be indifferent and should never bother about the legal fight in the law courts and should boldly bear the heaviest possible sentences inflicted upon them. They may defend themselves but always from purely political considerations and never from a personal point of view.
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I've always been obsessed with bad, awkward television and bad public access. Before YouTube, it was a treat coming across that stuff. When I moved to New York, I used to love watching public access late at night.
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Before there was an Internet, before there was an A.O.L., the circulation of newspapers was going down.
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Any concerns that Romney will adopt McCain's milquetoast campaign model are quickly diminishing.
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One time I laughed so hard, I just had to go and change my pantyhose. I lost it. Lost it. At least it wasn't onstage.
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The way to get people civically engaged, not just during the election but throughout the year, is to tap into Facebook and let them do it with their friends.
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In my opinion, terrorism is a question which is not a short- term problem for all of us. It is a long-term fight. And NATO can play, and will play, a very crucial role in this struggle.
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I like video games, I like tech, I like being positive.
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University is great, but it wasn't right for me.
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The rest-seeking procrastinators would generally rather not exert themselves at all, while the fun-task procrastinators enjoy being busy and active all the time but have a hard time starting things that are not so amusing.
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I really think that if I had met Picasso during peacetime, nothing would have happened.
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My ex-boyfriend said, 'You have a better chance of getting elected to Congress than getting on the staff of a television show.' Which was the perfect thing for him to say, because my entire career is, 'Well, screw you.' And we broke up.
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When we were a quiet, little-noticed channel telling stories from Russia, our audience was negligible. When we started being really provocative... our audience started to grow.
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The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me. There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire.
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I'm a frustrated drummer. That's why our songs tended to be drum-heavy. But our harmonies were complex, too. You'll never hear 'Rag Doll' in a Holiday Inn lounge because it's just too hard to sing.
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Rabbit feels as if the human race is a vast colourful jostling bristling parade in which he is limping and falling behind.
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I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.
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Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.
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Cheating is very rarely about the actual act of being with another person.
