J. G. Holland Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out.
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I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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When I approach guys in certain situations and talk to them about Christ, they know that I'm speaking to them in a way that's real.
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I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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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.
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If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.
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My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.
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On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
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I love a challenge. So when I did 'Friday,' I didn't want to do another comedy back-to-back. With 'Set It Off,' that was a little different from 'The Negotiator' and 'The Italian Job.' So for me, it's all about challenge. It's all about challenge and about just learning.
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I don't go to the doctor except when I'm very ill, and when I go to India, I drink a drop of local water.
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The relationship between East and West needs to be and can be fixed via pop culture.
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Not everybody should be laughing at everything at the same time. That's not even natural. My thing is to feel natural, because I don't want to feel like I could just make people laugh at every single joke, every single time, with the same decibel level.
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Audiences like to see the bad guys get their comeuppance.
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I've never talked to our guys about being young. That's an easy crutch to fall on. You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work.
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My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people.
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Elizabeth Moon's antagonists are always evil moustache-twirlers. She could write a book about a golf open and the main rival to the hero would turn out to have clubs made from compressed kittens.
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Cost is the father and compensation the mother of progress.
