J. G. Holland Quotes
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But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of.
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What did we want out of Iraq? We wanted a country that was stable and secure, that elected its own government, that was not going to be a threat to its neighbors and also was capable of protecting and defending itself. That was our objective in Iraq.
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Even though the popularity and the fanbase is much much greater, and more people have heard about me through things like the Grammys and the Ivors and touring and word of mouth, it doesn't reflect in the sales of the record and doesn't go into my pocket.
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When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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I'm very unorganized.
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When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.
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You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.
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I think there are patterns of the aftermath of colonization that you see echoed in cultures and communities across the world.
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Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck.
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If people really stopped and realized how much art and creative people move the world versus politics and religion, I mean it’s not even up for debate. An artist at least creates things, puts things into the world. Where as these other people are destroying things, taking things out of the world.'
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If all the 300 (top civil servants and political elite) were to crash in one jumbo jet, then Singapore will disintegrate.
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It is in his pleasures that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
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You need to believe in yourself and what you do. Be tenacious and genuine.
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I am an obsessive garage cleaner - my wife and the neighbors make fun of me. I remember that my father was the same way, and now when I'm out there unearthing things in the garage, I realize I am becoming my dad!
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I'm not the kind of guy to talk about angels: I'm a very pragmatic kind of guy.
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The beauty of having an LLC in today's world is No. 1, you have the ability to act and react as nimbly as need be to create change, and you have the ability to invest politically, in the for-profit sector and the nonprofit sector simultaneously.
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I was always interested in listening to music - and, of course, when my older brother brought home 'Heartbreak Hotel,' that was it.
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In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records.
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I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.
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I hate this word 'graphic novel.' It is a term publishing houses have created for the bourgeois so they wouldn't be ashamed of buying comics... I'm not a graphic novelist. I am a cartoonist and I make comics and I am very happy about it.
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I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.
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One of the pleasures of the original 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' is how incredibly ghastly they are. The ugly sisters have their eyes pecked out by crows.
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All things unrevealed belong to the kingdom of mystery.
