Emily V. Gordon Quotes
Marriage, or any committed partnership, has become sacred to me, powerful and fragile all at the same time.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
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Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.
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To my knowledge, no one has died from a cyberattack... but there is a gray area between peace and war.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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I would be happy if people just called me an actor.
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My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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The more that everyone has access to the same educational opportunities, the more society will tend to accept some receiving disproportionate rewards. After all, they themselves have a chance to be winners.
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That's what hip-hop is: It's sociology and English put to a beat, you know.
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One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.
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My doctors say I am very healthy.
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I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason than that I value, exercise, and defend my rights under the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution.
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It's easy to see how non-profits become engrossed in catering to donors, which may or may not be the best thing at all times, while if a company is ultra-engaged with its customers, it's universally positive and helpful.
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I had a really complicated relationship with acting for a long time.
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Marriage, or any committed partnership, has become sacred to me, powerful and fragile all at the same time.
