Brad Holland Quotes
Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't.
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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
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The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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Weirdly, my nickname was Lady. I didn't get Stretch, or Stilts, or Spider Legs - I got Lady. I guess I was always a bit ladylike.
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You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse.
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I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing.
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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
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I eat vegetarian a lot. I buy only fresh ingredients and cook from scratch - that way, when I feel like snacking and look in my fridge, it's: 'Oh, baby carrots or chocolate soy pudding. Take your pick.'
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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I love to learn, and at some level, there's something to learn from my books. And I love art and philosophy, so there's something philosophical about my fiction.
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Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one.
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Films have become shorter in length, jumpier in style, and simpler in story so that they can be more easily transferred to once under-exploited international markets.
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We waste a lot of our lives sometimes. There are people sitting across from us who would make the whole world better if we spent more time with them in it, but we can't get across that gully.
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Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't.
