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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Any government, that is its own judge of, and determines authoritatively for the people, what are its own powers over the people, is an absolute government of course. It has all the powers that it chooses to exercise. There is no other or at least no more accurate definition of a despotism than this.
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Guys want a 500 horsepower car. I'd rather have one horsepower - in a horse. That's macho. You go to pick up your date and you show up on a horse.
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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
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When I was little, I didn't like being left on my own in the dark.
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People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.
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When the stocks go up, the cocks go up!
