Emily Mortimer Quotes

So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result.

Emily Mortimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I make sure that I take good care of me.

Jerry Lewis

GoodMeCareTakeSureMake

My clients were always poor folks, working folks, people who were in trouble and couldn't afford to pay a whole lot. I found it very difficult to say no to somebody who needed help, so most of my work turned out to be pro bono. It didn't start out that way, but it turned out that way because I never got paid.

John Grisham

WorkPeopleStartHelpTroubleSay

You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change.

Andrew J. Bernstein

ChangeStressYourselfBetterLearn

Eagles rarely fail to catch their prey. They usually kill it quickly by breaking its neck with their powerful claws.

Stephen Kinzer

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I think there must be something wrong with me as a writer. Because all my friends who are writers find reasons to hate everything about their day. But I just love writing. I love starting the day with language and seeing if I can make something of it.

Roger Rosenblatt

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Capitalism is always evaluated against dreams. Utopia is a dream. It doesn't exist.

Rush Limbaugh

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Apparently, I've been considered a recluse.

Mary Oliver

BeenRecluseApparentlyConsidered

I think if you say that art and politics, or religion and politics, mustn't mix, don't mix, that is itself a political statement. Even if you are writing a 19th-century novel where the money comes from a plantation in the Caribbean and you don't talk about that, that itself is a political thing.

Mohsin Hamid

ArtMoneyPoliticsReligionWriting

My relationship with shoes has always been linked to shoes, women, women in their shoes and performance.

Christian Louboutin

WomenRelationshipShoesPerformance

I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have respect for those who make music their livelihood.

Brendan Fraser

MusicRespectMusiciansUnderstand

I did a 20-minute selection of scenes from the play 'Spring Awakening' in college, well before the musical came around, so when the musical was becoming a hot thing, and I was reading interviews with Duncan Sheik about how he came to do the music, I think it's interesting.

Allison Tolman

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I learned to not be afraid to fix things that break.

Peggy Whitson

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