J. G. Holland Quotes

The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the Godlike element, of his constitution.

J. G. Holland

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• One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'

  

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• Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.

  

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• The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.

  

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• Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.

  

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• I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.

  

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• There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.

  

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• People talk about method actors, meaning someone that's prepared very, very well, or whatever they mean when they talk about it. But the right method is whatever works for you. And what works for me on any given day is going to be different.

  

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• In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.

  

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• I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.

  

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• And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.

  

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• Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.

  

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• I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.

  

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• It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.

  

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• My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.

  

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• If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.

  

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• My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.

  

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• Stand-up comedians say that anyone in the audience can be funny, but people paid to see us because we're just a little bit funnier. In the same way, I think anybody can play music - in fact, I think everyone has music in them, but some of us can do it a little better.

  

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• History is much more the product of chaos than of conspiracy.

  

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• Icon of Prague, the medieval bridge crossed the Vltava between Old Town and the Little Quarter. Gothic bridge towers rose on both sides, and the whole span — pedestrian-only — was lined by monumental statues of saints.

  

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• It is difficult to see anything but infatuation in the destructive temperament which leads to the action ... that each of us is to rejoice that our several units are to be distinguished at death into countless millions of organisms; for such, it seems, is the latest revelation delivered from the fragile tripod of a modern Delphi.

  

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• It gives me great pleasure, indeed, to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.

  

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• A lot of people, they've been saying to me, oh don't get married. It ruins everything. And I'm like, damn.

  

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• The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the Godlike element, of his constitution.

  

  J. G. Holland
  • Men
  • Help
  • Animal