Emily Yoffe Quotes
I've never gotten a letter where I thought I knew the person. But I have heard from people who think they know the letter writer.
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
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A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
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Philosophy was once considered science.
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Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.
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I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.
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Blogs are easy to start, but unless the author is famous, it takes years to build a following.
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I wear high heels and dresses. I am a total girly girl.
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I try to look at people like Adele and Norah Jones, who are very successful but don't have to deal with scandals.
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You have to enjoy yourself when you go to the movies. People don't want to spend their hard earned money to simply go see a history lesson.
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When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.
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What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything - the moment the lights go down is often the best part.
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Everything else - music, cinematography, costumes, design, acting - can be judged at face value. But when you're looking at editing, you don't know what the totality of the material was, and you don't know the working dynamic between a director and an editor - whether the editor was micromanaged or given free rein. It's very difficult.
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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
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Ernie Hudson was new to the comedy world, and being the fourth Ghostbuster, he would have ideas, and he would talk to Ivan Reitman, and Ivan would kind of put him off. I could see how disappointed he was.
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The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
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I have always made commercial music. The people who vote for the Grammy nominees are mostly in their 40s and have other jobs or are musicians themselves. They like music that they can relate to - they like commercial music.
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I've never gotten a letter where I thought I knew the person. But I have heard from people who think they know the letter writer.
