Emmy Rossum Quotes

I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money.

Emmy Rossum

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 12, 1986

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MoneyJobMeNeverMeaningfulTake

I stuck around in Hollywood for too long. I was there a long time, and when I left, I was smart enough to realise that what I was leaving was not just the movie business. I wanted to get rid of the whole atmosphere.

Andre Previn

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To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path.

Michael Bloomberg

PathMeAdviceDownAlwaysAlmost

I like that band Get Hustle. They're cool live. I haven't heard their records, though.

Stephen Malkmus

LiveCoolHustleBandGetRecords

I have a love/hate relationship with Amy Grant, but I do go back to her Christmas albums once in a while. They're dated and sentimental and the production is nearly unlistenable, but there's something about her vocal performance that just feels really true. I would take her Christmas albums over Mariah Carey's or Destiny's Child's any day.

Sufjan Stevens

RelationshipDayChildPerformance

Whenever I speak at a conference, I try to catch a few of the other presentations. I tend to stand in the back and listen, observe, and get a general sense of the room.

Jason Fried

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I work at a non-profit called ALS Worldwide, where we work with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) patients and families. It is often heavy work, but I'm grateful to be able to contribute to the ALS community. I'm constantly learning about science and medicine, and I have the honor of corresponding with patients throughout the world.

Chloe Benjamin

WorkLearningCommunityScience

That's what has always been good about track. The goal is very clearly defined: Try to win. Get the gold medal. And I'm able to put my energy toward that.

Ashton Eaton

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I have been under considerable pressure to buy at least a laptop computer. I have always turned the suggestions down for the reason that I have never done creative work on a typewriter. There is to me a lack of empathy.

Winston Graham

WorkCreativeEmpathyMePressure

I feel like most movies about female friends derive their conflict from an extension of the high school movie rivalries, or there's some petty grievance: a competition over a guy or a wedding date or something. And I don't relate to any of that.

Susanna Fogel

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What you could say, and what I do argue in the book, is that he doesn't have as much concern for the lives of Iraqis as he does for the lives of Americans, or even frozen American embryos.

Peter Singer

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Each side tries to legitimize their aims by appealing to history, sometimes selectively choosing episodes and other times just by inventing history.

Norman Davies

HistorySometimesSideJustChoosing

There's been lots of theater that uses hip-hop in it, but more often than not, it's used as a joke - isn't it hilarious that these characters are rapping. I treat it as a musical form, and a musical form that allows you to pack in a ton of lyric.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

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