Emily Mortimer Quotes

I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be.

Emily Mortimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 1, 1971

Topics

PeopleAmazingCoolGrowing UpThink

I guess I'm a Gemini through and through, but I'm mercurial. I get bored doing the same things.

Jewel

DoingSameBoredThroughGeminiGet

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

John Locke

TeachCommandEasierThanTutor

I think when you're on a show that takes place in N.Y.C. but film it in L.A. there is just a vibe that feels wrong.

Merritt Wever

ThinkYouWrongPlaceFilmVibe

Everybody's constantly growing. In your twenties, you can learn a lot, and you can be very smart and clever and savvy. Especially these kids today. They seem like they have it all together. But let's talk to them again when they're 40 years old and see really who they are. Is it who they thought they were at 25?

Amber Valletta

TodayTogetherSmartThoughtLearn

If you arrive at a concert ready to play your piece, that's not nearly good enough. You must have your music ready to the point where you can play it on a short rehearsal, after a long plane flight, on a strange piano, having had an unpleasant lunch, in an unfriendly atmosphere. You have to be so over-prepared that you can cope with anything.

Stephen Hough

GoodMusicLunchShortEnoughYou

My third hire when I came to Spotify was Tiffany Kumar, who came on as our global head of songwriter relations. The whole idea was to put our heads together and figure out how to build and contribute within the songwriting community.

Troy Carter

CommunityTogetherBuildSongwriting

You don't have to speak English to have sophisticated political opinions.

Ronny Chieng

SpeakPoliticalOpinionsYouEnglish

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

Ronald Reagan

TodayGovernmentBetterYouAlong

A lot of people stop short. They don't actually die but they say, 'Right I'm old, and I'm going to retire,' and then they dwindle into nothing. They go off to Florida and become jolly boring.

Mary Wesley

PeopleShortDieStopBoringBecome

The man in the street is always a stranger.

Mason Cooley

ManStreetAlwaysStranger

We live in a very different world than the one that we inherited from our parents and from our grandparents. Times are changing, and states must adapt to win.

Martin O'Malley

LiveParentsWinWorldAdaptMust

Not everyone who goes to Washington becomes Washington.

Jason Kander

WashingtonEveryoneWhoGoesBecomes

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