Xaviera Hollander Quotes
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Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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My first husband met me as a career woman, and the second did, too. I was lucky.
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I have always battled injustice. As a child, I used to fight on the side of my friends when boys terrorized them.
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As an actor, you're always worried about getting stuck on a show that's not good because working actors need the paycheck. So being cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode, was always a fear of mine because that doesn't really test you as an actor.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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I'm a very spontaneous person. If someone aggravates me, I'm going to go after them. I wake up every morning, and I say, 'What bad guys should I go after today?'
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Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them.
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There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.
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Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.
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People should not be paid to go to Washington and not do their job. When they don't show up, why should we pay them?
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I don't think I ever wore pants on 'Reno 911!' and I was on it about five times.
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I love short trips to New York; to me it is the finest three-day town on earth.
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When the stocks go up, the cocks go up!
