Holliday Grainger Quotes
I love the opportunity to do lots of different kinds of projects - independent films and big studio epics as well.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.
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Private education can give you confidence, which is marvellous; a sense of entitlement isn't.
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact.
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God primes the pump of obligation.
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I've never been a movie buff. If I did go to a theatre to watch a film, half the time, I would fall asleep.
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I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.
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Once I went to bed in Orlando and I woke up in Atlanta. I have no idea how that happened.
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I came to writing because I joined the North Clare Writers' Workshop, which met every week at Ennistymon Library.
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About homophobes As long as they're homophobic behind closed doors, and don't hurt anyone, I'm fine with it.
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Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. I don’t mind the way I’m ageing. No reason to panic just yet. I think I look my age, and that’s fine. The lord God almighty has done me proud with my features which I'm proud of and have no desire to alter them. I say ' let nature take its course '.
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Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.
Chaka Fattah
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There are certain things you learn to do as a parent - using every single part of your body because you're multitasking all the time. You're holding the baby and you're closing the door with your left foot.
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Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimer's patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things.
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You have to be a cop-out or a wash-out or a dropout to come to our college. You have to work with your hands. You have to have a dignity of labor. You have to show that you have a skill that you can offer to the community and provide a service to the community. So we started the Barefoot College, and we redefined professionalism.
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African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us.
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I love the opportunity to do lots of different kinds of projects - independent films and big studio epics as well.
