Michael Emerson Quotes
And then they would have the shoe removers on one side, and the non-shoe removers on the other side until they could work through coming to understand why we might both be trying to worship authentically, and because of our cultural background we have these different ideas. But it took a while.
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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The day I finished 'Twilight,' I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon,' I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in 'Twilight.'
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to rise to the occasion and help someone else, but you have to model for the next generation.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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I don't campaign for the end of the aristocracy or the upper classes; I don't really want to destroy anything at all. I just want more plurality.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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All of my high school issues are resolved!
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have a nerd character but you're kind of a cool guy, you're probably not going to get the nerd part. The nerd is going to get the nerd part. You know, someone like me.
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I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
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I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.
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My favorite time at NPR has been 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!' It was loads of fun and gave me a chance to meet and talk in person to the audiences that I felt I had known for so many years on the air.
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How do you talk about the Holocaust? How do you talk about slavery? Probably the best thing to do is just be quiet and hide from it, forget about it. Except, then it jumps up and bites you. Because it's there.
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It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.
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We cannot tax the same people we expect to create jobs. That is a recipe for keeping people out of work.
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Every memorial in its time has a different goal.
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And then they would have the shoe removers on one side, and the non-shoe removers on the other side until they could work through coming to understand why we might both be trying to worship authentically, and because of our cultural background we have these different ideas. But it took a while.
