Isabelle Holland Quotes
Where would anyone in publicity be if they allowed sensitivity, restraint, breeding or good taste to stand in their way?
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There's never going to be a great misunderstanding of me. I think I'm a little whacked.
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On right-to-life, see the Republicans flee from Todd Akin, who committed a gaffe while restating his support for what has been a plank of the Republican platform since 1980.
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I don't know what's going to happen in life, so I don't think it's fair that I know what's going to happen in 'Homeland.'
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false economy never to take a holiday, or never to spend money for an evening's amusement or for a useful book.
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I want to be a female artist who is honest. I want to encourage other girls to be honest with who they are and not try to be picture perfect, because it's a woman's imperfections that make her perfect anyway.
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Location work has its charms, and can seem glamorous on the outside, but I think living at home and having the stability of a home life once you've finished work is very underrated!
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I'm a notorious late-night texter. I seem to use a lot of lip, heart, and tongue emoji.
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A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.
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I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.
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Lunch is for wimps.
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We're now able to show that the words of comfort trigger biological reactions which are the very things that you want, and you can use drugs to get there, or you can use words of comfort to get there, which would make your drugs so much more effective.
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In question-and-answer sessions after a reading or during an interview, I forget the question if I'm giving too long an answer. And at the end, I can't remember any of the questions. The more anxious I am about remembering, the more likely I am to forget.
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Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce.
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I don't respond to authority figures who abuse their authority.
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No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers.
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Men don't oppress women any more than women oppress men.
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We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.
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I go to various boot camps 4-5 times a week, and I try to get some Pilates in there to thin and tone.
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The maids in my village talked of falling in love with a man at first sight. That has always seemed naught but foolishness to me. Until I enter Sister Serafina's workshop. It is unlike anything I have ever seen, full of strange sights and smells, and I tumble headlong into love.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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Where would anyone in publicity be if they allowed sensitivity, restraint, breeding or good taste to stand in their way?
