J. G. Holland Quotes
There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
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It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an idea on guitar, and I had an idea on piano for different songs, and we just married them together. We bounce things off each other constantly and kind of massage all these ideas into a three and a half minute pop song.
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I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could feel that way.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented - putting men on the moon. The shuttle is, by comparison, a relic designed to make going into orbit routine.
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That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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I grew up in California, and when I read that Proposition 8 was on the ballot, I was disappointed because it seemed to be inconsistent with the spirit of the state, with the independence and diversity of the frontier that California has always been.
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When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
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No access to me, nor my staff, will ever affect what we do to protect consumers of the state of Florida.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
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It's no secret that I wear a kippa.
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My father has said a hundred times, and I have paid attention, that it's stupid to let money be the reason you don't do something.
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If not music, I think it would be pretty cool to be an ear, nose and throat doctor.
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The slaves in Rome were incapable of leisure and so their masters gave them entertainment to keep them pacified.
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There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
