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Quote by Emily Mortimer
So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtu

So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtue, and telling funny stories about how crap I am before people have a chance to notice it for themselves and think maybe I havent realised. – Emily Mortimer

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I borrowed my friends car the other day in an attempt to persuade my husband that we needed a car and literally this is true, in the first day of borrowing the car, I got three tickets and I rear-ended it. – Emily Mortimer

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car
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51st State was one that I loved doing because the character was so out there, and in a way I was sad to leave the character behind. Im afraid I could never be that cool in real life! – Emily Mortimer

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cool
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My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children theyre beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends. – Emily Mortimer

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People always ask me, Were you funny as a child? Well, no, I was an accountant. – Ellen DeGeneres

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I was asked to act when I couldnt act. I was asked to sing Funny Face when I couldnt sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldnt dance – and do all kinds of things I wasnt prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it. – Audrey Hepburn

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I remember interviewing someone I actually felt bad for, and therefore didnt want to take an ironic stance against him. It actually turned out to be a really funny piece. – Rob Corddry

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I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed. – Dave Chappelle

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Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver. – Hermann Goering

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You have to be able to accept failure to get better. – LeBron James

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I used the music kind of as therapy, and its just amazing that I feel so free after doing that. I feel like I had it trapped inside of me and now I feel free. So its been a very good therapy session for me as well. – Vanilla Ice

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I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. – Pablo Picasso

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