Emily Barton Quotes
I think that we're all always just working on finding how that balance functions for us, given today's circumstances.
Quotes to Explore
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I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
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The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
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I choose to express myself.
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I don't feel I'm playing villains all the time.
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A thing's innate disposition or God-given nature does not lie; whatever this innate disposition says is the truth.
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You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
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It's a rare thing when you read a role and have this immediate ownership over it, you have this take and this connection, and it's not even that you feel that you're gonna do a good job, it's that you feel like you've found it. It fits, it's natural; it's like putting on a good shoe or something.
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The fact is I like Mumbai less and less. My son says, 'Baba, let's go for a drive', and I tell him, 'Where's the fun of a drive in this place?' You get caught in a million traffic jams, and you spend time cooped in your car with all that mad cacophony around you.
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I like crazy shoes or unusual cowboy boots and I collect big belt buckles.
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I don't believe in myths of decline or myths of progress, even as regards the literary scene.
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Subsidies on petroleum products and fertilizers should be phased out in a defined, time-bound manner. The resources that would get freed up could then be used to fund various social sector programmes in education, healthcare and other priority sectors.
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The future is out of my hands; it is in God's.
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We know the seductive alchemy of art. To transform private anguish into a narrative of truth, if not beauty; to make sense where there was none; to bring order out of chaos - these are the promises art makes.
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Tabloids can be fun. I see stuff sometimes and have a good laugh.
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Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference.
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I would like to tell stories through the lens of the gay person, but not just for gay people.
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It's always fun to see faces that are either familiar or resemble yours. I was fascinated by movies like 'Big Trouble in Little China' growing up because there were so many Asian people in it! The same with 'Year of the Dragon' or 'The Last Emperor'. It was just so great to see so many Asian actors working.
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At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since.
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Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.
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Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences.
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I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.
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I think that we're all always just working on finding how that balance functions for us, given today's circumstances.
