J. G. Holland Quotes
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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
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A mortgage transaction is very complex, very complicated, and very localized - the rules are not just by state but by county, sometimes even by municipality.
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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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Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
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If my daughter has a bad dream and wants to get into my bed, I'm a sucker for her sweet face and warm body next to mine, so I let her jump in. I should tell her to go to bed, but secretly I love it.
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We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have a responsibility to leave our world a better place and never walk by on the other side of injustice.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
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I have to do something with my mind, or I'll get in trouble.
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I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
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Man, he could sell. As he liked to say, he lived at the intersection of technology and liberal arts. But there was a more personal side of Steve Jobs, of course, and I was fortunate enough to see a bit of it because I spent hours in conversation with him over the 14 years he ran Apple.
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When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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I had just had small parts in other films, and I'd worked with a lot of directors in TV.
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I want to hang out with my friends. I want to hang out with my family - well, I sometimes want to hang out with my family!
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When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
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We're seeing TV series that are as good as movies were in the '70s and '80s - shows like 'The Wire,' 'The Sopranos' and 'Breaking Bad.'
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The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.
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Boy, if you dont have the network and the producers that believe in you, it's too, too much.
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Lay hold of today's task, and you will not depend so much upon tomorrow's.
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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
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I will confess to you that never for one moment have I had any doubt that I had to do what I did, and when I look back I don't see what more I could have done, having regard to the state of public opinion and the sharpness of party feeling. That is a tremendous solace to me. Few men can have known such a reversal of fortune in so short a time.
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The thing about Dirk [Gently] is that he's very lonely.
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Blessed is that man who knows his own distaff and has found his own spindle.
