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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A risk-free life is far from being a healthy life.
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The fact that I don't have any particular need for religion doesn't mean that I have a need to cast religion aside the way some of my colleagues do.
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Sometimes I have a little social anxiety, and meeting people can be a challenge for me.
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I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these beautiful, everlasting bikes were made just down the road.
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The transformation of the D.C. Circuit has been replicated in federal courts around the country. Obama has had two hundred and eighty judges confirmed, which represents about a third of the federal judiciary.
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When the stocks go up, the cocks go up!
