Matt Holliday Quotes
I was a pretty normal high school kid. I just loved to play sports and had opportunities, and the Lord blessed me with talent, and I just tried to take advantage of it.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
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I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I feel like it really built up my strength a lot.
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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Andy Andrews is the best speaker I have ever seen.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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When hypocrisy is a character trait, it also affects one's thinking, because it consists in the negation of all the aspects of reality that one finds disagreeable, irrational or repugnant.
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I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was interested in. I stepped away from offers when I took five years off to go to college. I've only really just decided to whole-heartedly embrace acting.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
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Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.
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I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head.
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I cannot approach someone; I lack the confidence when it comes to the guy I desire. I'm very good when it comes to matchmaking and hooking others up. But I can't help my own cause.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
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Demolishing pretensions, especially worthy ones, is a hallmark of the baby boom.
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I came to the United States in the early '80s and was welcomed with open arms and given the opportunity to pursue my dreams. God has been very kind to us. My family and I are fortunate enough to be successful and we feel a tremendous responsibility and obligation to give back to our great country.
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I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me saying anything like that. I feel like that's the next phase of my career. To reprove to everyone that I can do things besides the crazy characters.
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The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.
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'A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It’s not easy once you’re out of the habit.'
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I was a pretty normal high school kid. I just loved to play sports and had opportunities, and the Lord blessed me with talent, and I just tried to take advantage of it.
