Emily Watson Quotes
Please, please, please - I would love to do some comedy. Once you have a reputation for one thing - in my case, crying and dying - you are typecast.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool.
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It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.
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I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.
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Americans, perhaps more than most people, have pondered the question of who they are and what their country is.
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I will come to know when my time's up, and when it is, I will exit gracefully. I will not hang around till I am kicked out.
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Without the BBC, the proliferation of television and radio channels by the private sector would simply result in more and more channels, with tiny audiences, all seeking to do the same thing. The future would be one of fragmentation - fragmentation without either plurality or diversity.
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A different language is a different vision of life.
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The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.
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'Moonlight' is a project that resonated with me more than anything else. I wouldn't have done 'Luke Cage' if they hadn't made time for 'Moonlight.'
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There is a large body of abolitionists in Clinton and Clark Counties in this state, and in Wayne County Indiana, that would undoubtedly support such a store, but whether their support would be sufficient, I am unable to say.
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The Hispanic population in this country is not a monolith. When you're in Miami, the newscast is going to be different from the newscast in Los Angeles.
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The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
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Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do.
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Trying to be smarter, work smarter, and just take care of my body more and more.
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I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.
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When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.
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Reaping political dividends out of tragedies is deeply engrained in the Congress' DNA.
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Magic is the total delight (appreciation) of chance.
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Please, please, please - I would love to do some comedy. Once you have a reputation for one thing - in my case, crying and dying - you are typecast.
