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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It's good just to laugh sometimes, and if it comes out of some truth, it's even stronger.
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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 prefer to find craftspeople I can be colleagues with and who take an area of responsibility and run with it.
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I don't respond to authority figures who abuse their authority.
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Just getting movies made is difficult because it takes a lot of money; I mean, it costs more money to make one movie than most bands will spend on every single record of their entire career; it's a huge undertaking.
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No matter what size I am I love performing no matter how big or little I am! I feel good.
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I arrive in New York on October 15, 1975. On my own, by the way.
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I'm trying to figure out a way to find comfort in my life as a human. I'm trying to be good at being a human being. You get chopped up. Someone breaks your heart, you lose your job, you get disappointed, someone dies in your family. Life chops you up, and you have to go on.
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It's OK to have a plan, to invest in your future - for your financial security, your love life, your personal fulfillment, and even your happiness. To have personal happiness as a stated goal doesn't detract from it if you get there.
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Where would anyone in publicity be if they allowed sensitivity, restraint, breeding or good taste to stand in their way?
