Emily Haines Quotes
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	It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.   
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	It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.   
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	I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.   
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	I was young and irresponsible, a silly woman laden with sin, not caring for anything except fame and fortune and self. But I have lived seeking truth in Jesus Christ and found it has made me free.   
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	I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.   
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	This country is pretty amazing.   
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	Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I did was put my little basil plants in the ground and watch them turn into big, healthy bushes.   
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	I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.   
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	My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.   
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	A lot of people meet me and they're like, 'Why aren't you crazy?'   
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	Novels are pirated all the time, but it's hard to imagine that you're at work and you open up the attachment that your brother sent you and it's the new Phillip Roth novel.   
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	Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror and we are all deeply concerned about the future and security of our close friend and ally, Israel.   
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	People say that if you talk too much about sex, you take away the mystery. I say, if you're somebody who likes to talk, talk all you want - it's not listening. You will never take away the mystery.   
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	I was kind of torn between playing music or playing college football. I was going to college and really focusing on my music career.   
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	I knew I would never be cast as the pretty girl.   
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	I'm still pulled over... We were nominated for two Oscars for 'Monster's Ball,' and I almost didn't make the Oscars because I got pulled over in Beverly Hills.   
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	As you follow the escapades or the journey of the hero through a story, it evokes some kind of emotion in the viewers. The director's job is to make sure that the audience goes through the journey and has an emotional reaction.   
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	Eddie George was outstanding early.   
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	I want to be a successful landlord. I like real estate.   
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	For me, as Yasmine, I do this every day. I wake up in the morning, and if I can do something to make someone feel better, I do it. I do not wait to be invited; I think that's the worst thing we can do. I make it my job to wake up every day and do one thing for one person and make them feel better.   
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	J.J. Abrams wanted me to do a part in Lost and we probably had three meetings, and I finally turned it down, but it wasn't because I didn't like television or Lost, although I think I said to J.J., "I don't want to be in Hawaii and have an insurance person tell me I'm not allowed to go free dive and spear fishing." That would be the worst kind of torture in the world. But I don't hate television.   
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	To me it's a two-way street. They're good to me, and I'm good to them. It's a natural thing for me to love people, and I think people sense it. ... I am secure with the kind of person I am. I don't feel like I'm better than anyone, but I'm just as good as anyone.   
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	Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.   
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	I think more like Charlie Chaplin than like Jennifer Anniston.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					