J. G. Holland Quotes
I have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing.
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Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.
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If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.
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I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl.
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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
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Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent of the world's property. They are among the poorest of the world's poor.
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It'll certainly give the pigeons something to do.
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I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. Every time I see something beautiful, I not only want to return to it, but it makes me want to see other beautiful things. I know I'm not going to get to all the places I want to go.
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I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.
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What I love best in life is new starts.
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If I am elected president, every militant on the face of the planet will know, if you go and join ISIS, if you wage jihad on the United States of America, if you attempt to murder innocent Americans you are signing your death warrant.
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The women themselves say they're far more likely to care about flexibility. The men say, 'I'm far more likely to care about money.'
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I don't get my inspiration from a specific source. It's more like if you listen to a good tune, it gives me inspiration to write a better tune.
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In terms of politics, I just look at people's policies, and sometimes I agree with something, sometimes I won't.
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People say free trade causes dislocation. In actual fact, it's the lowering of trade barriers that causes the dislocation.
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People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
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Modern capitalism seeks to assure us that it operates according to the principles of free creativity, endless development and diversity. It glosses over its other side in order to hide the reality that millions of people are enslaved by an all-powerful and fantastically stable norm of production. We want to reveal this lie.
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I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.
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You can never walk a mile in someone elses shoes, but you can walk a mile in your own and be proud of it.
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A writer once asked what I'd say if I ever met my biggest hater. I paused, thought deeply and said, "Probably 'suk a dog dik, motherfuker.'"
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I am a sandwich man. Somewhere early in life, my epigenetic switches got flicked to 'likes sandwiches,' and that's where they still are. I suspect it's at least in part because they're easy to eat while reading.
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The 1970s crystallized the service mantra as we now know it.
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I have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing.
