J. G. Holland Quotes
if have got my spindle and my distaff ready--my pen and mind--never doubting for an instant that God will send me flax.
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If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
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Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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I wouldn't mind having my heart broken because it would mean that I had that much feeling connected to somebody. And that would be really great.
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I read everything and anything. I love books.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one like a seed pod, or you could buy one that doubles as both a bookcase and a coffin. During your life, you stand it in your living room, and then after you die, the books are taken out and your body put in their place and the whole thing buried.
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I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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The world is my workshop. It is not my home.
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If there were never any clouds (sorrows and sufferings) in our lives, we would have no faith. God does not come near us without clouds.
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Facebook is terrifying to the traditional games biz.
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Your refusal to acknowledge the dark side of humanity makes you prey to that dark side.
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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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I have a weakness for treating people's economic interests as their only interest, ignoring things like belonging and pride and the desire to send a message to those who ignore you.
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if have got my spindle and my distaff ready--my pen and mind--never doubting for an instant that God will send me flax.
