Barbara Holland Quotes
However long you have a cat and however plainly he lays his life open before you, there is always something hidden, some name he goes by in a place you never heard of.
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We live in a fast-paced culture where we're asked to make snap decisions all day long, so I suppose cash-point donations feed into the immediacy of our life experience. So it's a great idea. But I think it needs careful handling.
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I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've always thought that it's counterproductive to have a theory on that.
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Even if you're happy with the life you've chosen, you're still curious about the other options.
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That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.
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I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'
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If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.
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But when I was a teenager, the idea of spending the rest of my life in a factory was real depressing. So the idea that I could become a musician opened up some possibilities I didn't see otherwise.
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The best things in life are often waiting for you at the exit ramp of your comfort zone.
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I would not want to live with a tube in my neck and not be able to move a finger. I wouldn't – that to me is not life.
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There's a sense of spontaneity, and no emphasis on jokes in this show. People generally talk the way they talk in life if you were in this particular situation.
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Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life.
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In my next life, I'm going to be a rock star. I was a ballerina in my last life.
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We cannot always control everything that happens to us in this life, but we can control how we respond. Many struggles come as problems and pressures that sometimes cause pain. Others come as temptations, trials, and tribulations.
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I was blown away watching Michael Keaton act because he was such a maniacal, evil person on set. He takes on a totally different life, and it was so amazing to watch him work.
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Do you want to live life, or do you want to escape life?
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The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.
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Making art, good art, is always a struggle. It can make you happy when you pull it off. There's no better feeling. It's beauteous. But it's always about hard work and inspiration and sweat and good ideas.
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I wanted to write about relationships. But I didn't feel I had the experience to sing about them in a deep way. Studying psychology helped me out in terms of my understanding. I still look through my old textbooks when I'm in need of inspiration.
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I'm always diplomatic when heavily outnumbered by armed strangers.
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Some one invented the telephone, And interrupted a nation's slumbers, Ringing wrong but similar numbers.
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However long you have a cat and however plainly he lays his life open before you, there is always something hidden, some name he goes by in a place you never heard of.
