J. G. Holland Quotes
We live in the future. Even the happiness of the present is made up mostly of that delightful discontent which the hope of better things inspires.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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'In A World...' changed my life a thousand per cent. I feel thankful that something I believed in so much - I love dialect, so I dedicated five years of my life to making a film about it - yielded such rewards. It led to 'Man Up,' as well as 'No Escape,' which comes out later this year... two movies where I am the female lead.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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Typically, when you have a depressed individual, they feel hopeless. They feel miserable. Their mind is racing, their heart is pounding. They feel anxious. They feel exhausted yet they can't sleep.
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Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.
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The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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Change is a continuous process. You cannot assess it with the static yardstick of a limited time frame. When a seed is sown into the ground, you cannot immediately see the plant. You have to be patient. With time, it grows into a large tree. And then the flowers bloom, and only then can the fruits be plucked.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.
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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
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We grow small trying to be great.
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People resent being shown that they don't approach the complexities of the problem - they don't know what exists beyond the surface ripples.
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God's love does not protect us from suffering. God's love protects us in the midst of suffering.
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I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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The way to healthy living is to shift from quantitative economic growth to quality of life, food, water and air - to shift from craving to contentment and from greed to gratitude
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We live in the future. Even the happiness of the present is made up mostly of that delightful discontent which the hope of better things inspires.
