Michael Emerson Quotes
I've played villains on stage - you know, the Iagos and so on - but I think of myself as a funny person. I mostly did comedies before I did TV work.
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There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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It's so important to get your skin to look even, whether it's with a MAC Cosmetics glow, a Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, or even just a solid foundation. Start off with a good prep and a good primer.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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I introduced the Food Security Improvement Act in Congress to remedy the fact that most SNAP beneficiaries find themselves skipping meals or running out of benefits every month.
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As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.
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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment.
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I had a terrible bout of acne after I turned 30.
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The relationship between East and West needs to be and can be fixed via pop culture.
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I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books.
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I write about real life as it is lived by the young American Muslim women that I've had the pleasure of meeting throughout the course of my travels as a writer and being able to speak in different places and meet different people at signings and things.
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Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
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I've written a lot of books in my time, and to write a book about Joe McCarthy and have some of the major media paying attention, I'm not used to that.
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I was born behind the Iron Curtain, and I remember heated discussions about large-scale terra-forming projects, such as reversing the direction of the river Ob or putting up large reflectors into space to heat up Siberia.
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No fundamental social change occurs merely because government acts. It's because civil society, the conscience of a country, begins to rise up and demand - demand - demand change.
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I have an irrational fear that something bad is going to happen to me when I'm drinking out of a water fountain. I have no idea why.
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Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.
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There have been plenty of times when I've been a total dick like everybody else, you know, I mean I wanted to be a little rock'n'roller, and I was, and it was great. I had a to-do list of like 'Thou shalt wear sunglasses indoors at all times.' Done. 'Thou shalt take drugs and have a great time.' Done. 'Thou shalt crash a big car into a wall.' Done.
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I've played villains on stage - you know, the Iagos and so on - but I think of myself as a funny person. I mostly did comedies before I did TV work.
