Emily Haines Quotes
Until the day we die, our lives are unwritten, which is sometimes a terrifying thought.
Quotes to Explore
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September 11 awoke us to the threat of terrorism. It was forever bookmarked in our history as the day when life as Americans knew it, changed forever.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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I've always wanted my own fragrance; Avon pairs with the way I think: what they do and represent, what they do for women, and the good causes such as domestic violence, and breast cancer.
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My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.
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I think a woman looks best in a sari.
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My co-winners, Peter Diamond and Christopher Pissarides, and I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation for this very great honor. We each feel privileged and humbled to be named the winners of the 2010 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
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Why not celebrate those who want to marry and bring up a family?
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Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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My favorite weekend activity is riding bikes to breakfast.
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Some people like having eyes upon them and I don't.
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A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, she may have a diminished earning capacity because of the fact that she will bear children. Of course, this is case by case. I had two kids, and it didn't really slow me down at all.
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Life is one big love story with hundreds of little love stories within it.
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I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.
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We asked our friends and relations to lend us their children, and, because we lived in London, children loved to come and stay for their half-term holidays.
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My grandmother is the person who inspires me the most.
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I have no big career plan. It is better for me that way.
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Working nine to five, what way to earn a living. Barely getting by... It's all taking and no giving. They use just your mind and they never give you credit. It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it!
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A lot of times it's tough to make the decision on your own. You know what you want to do and it always helps to have someone to rely on to help you out.
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It was never a deliberate decision to make films about the 'woman experience'. Having said that, we are all many things - for example I'm Igbo and Nigerian, a director, a filmmaker etc., but I feel what affects me the most, especially the way people/society view or treat me, is the fact that I'm a woman, and I'm fascinated by that.
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Until the day we die, our lives are unwritten, which is sometimes a terrifying thought.
