Emily V. Gordon Quotes
You didn't have to know anything about show business to appreciate the characters' humor, because at its heart, 'Party Down' was about following dreams, dealing with rejection, and surviving all the lame jobs we've all had to work just to get by in the meantime.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, which is your sitting position when you do yoga or you're meditating or you're praying or whatever. And there's not a lot of them that are named after gods and goddesses, but the middle-finger is specifically named the Matangi mudra.
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I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
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I never have been a coder, outside of when I was twelve or something, like on the Atari 1200 XP or whatever I had.
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It's so easy to look foolish online.
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You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.
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I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things.
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Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good.
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But I am committed to keeping this city a strong and viable center for commerce and industry, for continuing to make it a place of opportunity for its citizens.
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Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are already trustless - any machine can accept it from any other, securely. They are (nearly) free. They are global - no central bank required, and any machine can speak the language.
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A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.
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You didn't have to know anything about show business to appreciate the characters' humor, because at its heart, 'Party Down' was about following dreams, dealing with rejection, and surviving all the lame jobs we've all had to work just to get by in the meantime.
