Emily Matchar Quotes
Dozens of my own friends and acquaintances--ambitious, educated women who might have turned up their noses at anything domestic had they been born a generation earlier--have blogs dedicated to cupcakes or knitting or vintage home decor.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn't have a personal vision or doesn't communicate emotion fails.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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The core of my personality consists of many selves.
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Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
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I dated a lot, but I never really had anyone who was worthy of an anniversary. And most girlfriends never made it to a year, anyway.
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And not only that, I also have the MacBook Air which is really cool. Even my wife is jealous of my MacBook Air.
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My favorite actor is - I can't believe I'm saying this - is Meagan Good. I've met her in person.
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When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.
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Modeling and pageants help me overcome feeling insecure about the way that I look and my height.
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I don't give interviews on Chanel because it is not useful for the Chanel business.
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I like to go out and have fun with my friends. I have family, too, so why can't I go out to clubs? I can, and I will.
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There are a lot of people who give you their opinions on what to do.
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I had a great career. I have no reason to complain. It's the way it goes in nature. You slow down. And I believe I lasted a lot longer than a lot of people.
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The interesting thing about debt in most cases is that you have to pay it back. So if you build an overhang of debt, it becomes more and more limiting in terms of the prospect that you have.
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Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood.
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I know people who have literally quit their jobs to spend more time with their children, and I go, 'Wow,' my dad used to go to work at 7 o'clock in the morning and he'd come back at 7:30 and we'd kind of see him walk in and then he'd go upstairs and suddenly he'd be in a T-shirt and grumpy. There wasn't much in the way of conversation that went on.
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I've never been interested in self-promotion and that side of politics; and if that means people judge that you're less prominent than others, that's a choice I've been willing to make.
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I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody.
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But you know what I'm trying to say, it's that there's a couple of really dangerous drugs out there and I've lost some friends to them.
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I've been acting for 25 years, living out of suitcases on theater tours or film locations.
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Dozens of my own friends and acquaintances--ambitious, educated women who might have turned up their noses at anything domestic had they been born a generation earlier--have blogs dedicated to cupcakes or knitting or vintage home decor.
