Emily Mortimer Quotes

I had friends at school, but I was never part of a gang and I dreamed of that sense of belonging to a group. You know, where people would call me 'Em' and shout across the bar, 'Em, what are you drinking?' after the show.

Emily Mortimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SchoolPeopleMeFriendsYouKnow

The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.

John Dalberg-Acton

FutureKnowledgePowerSciencePast

Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels.

Andrew Motion

TimePeopleRoadThoughtHellBad

I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there.

John Irving

LanguageFindingKnowMatterGoing

This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.

Angela Merkel

LiveSayingSideMulticulturalOther

The high-flying rhetoric of 'Making America Great Again' frankly appeals to me. It appeals to many people. But you've got to back that up with substance, and you've got to quit offending people who may not agree with you.

Jeff Fortenberry

GreatPeopleMeAmericaYouBack

In assisting his 'neighbour' every day to the best of his ability, and keeping truth, honesty, and kindness perpetually before him, the Boy Scout, with as little formality as possible, is pleasing God.

Robert Baden-Powell

KindnessGodHonestyTruthBestDay

I don't like when I watch a fight in a movie that's perfectly worded and very articulate. If you were able to be that composed, you wouldn't be fighting! Fighting in real life is sloppy.

Jason Segel

LifeFightFightingYouRealWatch

I have parents come up to me and say, 'I don't know who you are, but my kid wants his picture taken with you.'

Devon Werkheiser

ParentsMePictureYouKnowSay

Demography is destiny.

Auguste Comte

Destiny

If I'm outside, I want something flat on my feet.

Ashley Madekwe

FeetWantOutsideSomethingFlat

Mythopoeia has taken off in the Indian diaspora because there has been a change in readership from a mature audience to a younger one. This lot has a desperate yearning to reconnect. They want to consume mythology but in a well-packaged and easily digestible way.

Ashwin Sanghi

ChangeWantMatureWayAudienceOff

My feeling is that if you can make a big impact on the global literacy problem, you can uplift a big portion of society.

Peter Diamandis

SocietyImpactProblemYouFeeling

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