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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I'm someone who believes the only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.
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I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way.
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The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane.
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Where would anyone in publicity be if they allowed sensitivity, restraint, breeding or good taste to stand in their way?
