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 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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In the U.S., these sights are no longer a surprise to me. I see army generals, captains of industry, and politicians of all colours and creeds on American television.
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In interior decorating, the pig's actually quite there. It's used in paint for the texture, but also for the glossiness. In sandpaper, bone glue is actually the glue between the sand and the paper. And then in paintbrushes, hairs are used because, apparently, they're very suitable for making paintbrushes because of their hard-wearing nature.
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...for chess, that superb, cold, infinitely satisfying anodyne to life, I feel the ardour of a lover, the humility of a disciple.
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I knock on my board to unjinx myself.
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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.
