Emily Barton Quotes
I tend to think of writing as a more collaborative project than I think some people do.
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
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When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
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Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.
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I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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The creative part of your brain needs to be stimulated. Sometimes you get blocked in the thing you do, because there's so much pressure to do it.
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.
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Even as a kid, I never liked breakfast. I just don't like to eat then. I like to get up and work. I think sticking a whole bunch of carbohydrates in your stomach in the morning is probably the worst way to begin the day.
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Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical.
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There is talk that badminton may not make it as a sport in the 2020 Olympics. We must bear in mind that other sports are strongly lobbying to be included.
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I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one.
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Inviting others to help us with our work in the Church helps them feel needed and helps them feel the Spirit. When these feelings come, many people often then realize that something has been missing from their lives.
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I loved Charles Addams more than anything. Still love him.
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Writing a novel that crosses genres is a risk, but one well worth taking.
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When I did 'Frantic,' I didn't have a lot of experience. My English was so bad, and I did an OK job, I think, but I was not amazing.
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Happiness is actually found in simple things, such as taking my nephew around the island by bicycle or seeing the stars at night. We go to coffee shops or see airplanes land at the airport.
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I’m just living the dream. I eat, sleep, breathe it.
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I tend to think of writing as a more collaborative project than I think some people do.
