Jools Holland Quotes
I've met the Queen a couple of times, and she's been delightful. In fact, I often find myself thinking: 'What would the Queen do in this situation? Write a thank-you note? Yes, I'll do that.' She's all about courtesy.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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I was not so interested in night-after-night coverage of Michael Jackson's death or Britney Spears' latest breakdown - topics that were 'breaking news' at the time.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.
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Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.
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You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.
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With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.
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How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?
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I don't think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.
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I'm lucky because I had blonde hair for a while for this TV show I was doing – they had me dye my hair blonde – and every audition I was going out for was bleach blonde. The mean girl, the pretty girlfriend, and the dumb cheerleader.
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Have a well-thought financial plan that is not dependent upon correctly guessing what will happen in the future.
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Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent.
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There's no people like show people.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they will appreciate why freedom is for everyone, why it is essential for our security and why the free world plays a critically important role in advancing democracy around the globe.
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I'd just love to see a great love story, and nobody makes them anymore. You have great actresses like Cate Blanchett - she's fabulous in Pushing Tin and Elizabeth - and you don't use them.
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The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
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I work for three or four hours a day, in the late morning and early afternoon. Then I go out for a walk and come back in time for a large gin and tonic.
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I've met the Queen a couple of times, and she's been delightful. In fact, I often find myself thinking: 'What would the Queen do in this situation? Write a thank-you note? Yes, I'll do that.' She's all about courtesy.
