J. G. Holland Quotes
I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God-- Lifting the soul from the common clod To a purer air and a broader view.
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Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
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I can't take anything seriously.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our elections. Secret money should not be able to drown out the voices of the American people and sell our Democracy to the highest bidder.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I like to play dress up, I'm in love with fashion.
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The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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Law school and summer camp are the two experiences that inform pretty much all I do.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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Worrying is arrogant because God knows what He's doing.
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The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of corporation executives at the retreat of Continental Motors, Inc.
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One must be prepared to reject not only the schema of the physical library, which is essentially a response to books and their proliferation, but the schema of the book itself, and even that of the printed page as a long term storage device, if one is to discover the kinds of procognitive systems needed in the future.
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I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God-- Lifting the soul from the common clod To a purer air and a broader view.
