Michael Emerson Quotes
Every pastor I talk to says, and particularly if they're African American they'll say, "I'm not black enough for African Americans. I'm not white enough for the whites. I'm not Hispanic enough."
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I'm a fan of all these genres of music, everything from Mumford & Sons to Beach Boys to doo-wop music to reggae.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
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I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.
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Soon, I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain.
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Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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Many people in Hungary acted shamefully during World War II.
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The male corporate model is built on a man's greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has to provide for children.
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All pitchers are liars or crybabies.
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Matt Braunger really makes me laugh; I like that guy a lot.
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I think the idea of 'Mary Poppins' has been blowing in and out of me, like a curtain at a window, all my life.
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I actually love going to a lot of theater movies. I just love watching actors work and seeing how people tell stories.
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Throughout my career, even as a very young actor, people have always said to me that they would like to see my Othello. They could see something of him in me, I suppose.
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Desirelessness towards the seen and the unseen gives the consciousness of mastery.
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'Gold,' says the Consul, knowing that this is the only syllable that has held its power over the ages.
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My daughter loves stories about my childhood, and we both love discussing women's issues. She's a wise and mature ten-year-old.
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There are never any absolutes in the fashion business: one day you may like black, and the next day you like colour. I think it's a good lesson that we should never believe too much in any one thing - because the next day it's out, and if we're stuck to it, we're out, too.
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Fortunately, most things around the supermassive black hole are just going to go around it. They're going to orbit it. They don't actually get sucked in.
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It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later.
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The struggle of African Americans is everybody's struggle.
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Every pastor I talk to says, and particularly if they're African American they'll say, "I'm not black enough for African Americans. I'm not white enough for the whites. I'm not Hispanic enough."
