Emily V. Gordon Quotes
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Yes, sir, a patrol car came and took me down to a station where they were trying to develop films, but they hadn't got the facilities to develop colored film.
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In high school, during marathon phone conversations, cheap pizza dinners and long suburban car rides, I began to fall for boys because of who they actually were, or at least who I thought they might become.
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We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it was just me.
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I want to be scared. I want to keep taking insane risks. I want to be scared because you're going to grow through that whether you want to or not. I don't want to play the same guy. I want to keep throwing curveballs to you guys and keep telling stories.
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When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.
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I'd love to return to theater.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
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We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
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I've only ever tried to be me.
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Winning one league title at Roma, to me, is worth winning 10 at Juventus or Real Madrid.
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You can be powerful without being loud and aggressive.
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James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can.
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We've got to be fair. You can't say a place that has strip joints is sacred ground. We've got to be just. We've got to speak the truth. We've got to have justice for everybody. We're a country of justice for all, not justice for non-Muslims only or some groups and not for others.
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Without the gospel, a gathering of people, though they claim otherwise, cannot be an authentic church.
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Great personal style is an extreme curiosity about yourself.
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Writing is what we do. What else could I want in a life partner than someone who knows and shares what I do?
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The answers to feeding hungry children is not fewer dollars to feed hungry children, it's to do more. It is to raise the minimum wage. It is to increase, not dismantle, the earned income tax credit. It is to make college more affordable for more middle class families, not more expensive. These are the things that grow our middle class.
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Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.
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I have multiple tattoos.
