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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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'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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Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
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My parents were so far from the music world that they couldn't conceive how you could make a living. But for me, it was the only solution for the rest of my life.
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I grew up in Minnesota. Four generations of my father's people are buried there.
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I don't know about you, but all this modern technology that's supposed to save us time and effort has actually ended up making things more complicated in my life, eating up extra time.
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When the stocks go up, the cocks go up!
