J. G. Holland Quotes

It is the life in literature that acts upon life.

J. G. Holland

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• I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Enjoy
  • Look
  • Limit

• When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.

  

  Fantasia Barrino
  • Mind
  • Me
  • Forgotten

• Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Time
  • Happy
  • Interesting

• I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Trying
  • Want
  • Play

• The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • People
  • Up
  • Fight

• When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Think
  • Confidence
  • Dance

• The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

  

  Gavin Rossdale Bush
  • Myself
  • Understand
  • Talk

• The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.

  

  Abu Abbas
  • Political
  • Purpose
  • Struggle

• It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Attention
  • Nice
  • Win

• My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together.

  

  J. Cole
  • Time
  • Remember
  • Together

• The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Feeling
  • Space
  • Universe

• I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• 'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care anything about it.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Work
  • Dog
  • Judge

• Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Girl
  • You
  • Waiting

• People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Music
  • Way

• Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Small
  • Deep
  • Pride

• As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Time
  • Best
  • Better

• In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Politics
  • Stupidity

• Death's not one of those things that frighten the life out of me. Getting up on stage with the curtain going up frightens me more.

  

  Billie Whitelaw
  • Life
  • Up
  • Death

• I still believe a little bit that changing gender roles have hurt relationships.

  

  Kenya Barris
  • Believe
  • Hurt

• I've wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame that comes with it - but that's why I became an actor.

  

  Vidya Balan
  • Success
  • Actor
  • Fame

• Really, the impetus driving me is I've always sung, but I like to act, I like drama, I like text, which is why opera is something I've come late to, I'd say.

  

  Lauren Worsham
  • Why
  • Drama
  • Driving

• In our interconnected world, novel technology could empower just one fanatic, or some weirdo with a mindset of those who now design computer viruses, to trigger some kind of disaster. Indeed, catastrophe could arise simply from technical misadventure - error rather than terror.

  

  Martin Rees
  • World
  • Technology
  • Design

• It is the life in literature that acts upon life.

  

  J. G. Holland
  • Life
  • Literature