Marjorie Holmes Quotes
Let me remember that each life must follow its own course, and that what happens to other people has absolutely nothing to do with what happens to me.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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I've been very fortunate with my three spec scripts - which is sort of my thematic trilogy of the American Frontier. With 'Sicario', 'Hell or High Water' and then 'Wind River' - which is the third - there were no rewrites. It was the first draft for all three.
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I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
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It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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There's nothing wrong with looking like a woman and going in the workplace and doing everything a man can do but looking 1,000 percent like a lady.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis.
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The young men in the inner city are without guidance, robbing and shooting each other with no remorse... Our system is crazy because we're planning to fail. Everybody needs something to grasp on to.
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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I don't have much choice these days in how I have my hair.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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I'm the ruler in my kingdom and my dark seat is hot. Step into my world and your heartbeat stop!
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I can think of only two or three songs out of hundreds I've recorded that I performed as originally written. I like to become intimate with the material and change it to suit me.
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Deepak Chopra, look at him. He's probably the most successful self-help guru in the world. I don't think he's struggling for any marketing or exposure. You've just got to know where your audience is.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.
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Let me remember that each life must follow its own course, and that what happens to other people has absolutely nothing to do with what happens to me.
