Barbara Holland Quotes
The trouble with American History is that you don't remember it, and why should you? Nobody does.
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I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
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I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.
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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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I've been dancing since the age of two. I don't really remember it, because I was little, but my mom signed me up and would put me in cute costumes. A lot of little girls get into dancing, but I loved it so much that I kept doing it.
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I got a job as soon as I could - 11 or 12. I started babysitting and then I got a part-time job at a pharmacy in England. I just remember loving the feeling of going out and buying my own clothes! I'd go bargain-hunting and get secondhand vintage stuff.
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I aimed at the Archduke. I do not remember what I thought at that moment.
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I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.
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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
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You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year.
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Succeeding in life is a difficult business - you need to work 16 hours a day, face failures along the way, remember that nobody owes you a thing, and take risks.
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You must remember that anyone under 30 - especially a ballplayer - is an adolescent. I never got close to being an adult until I was 32. Even though I was married and had a son at 20, I was a kid at 32, living at home with my parents. Sure, I was a manager then. That doesn't mean you're grown up.
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Things I used to get in trouble for writing at 'SNL,' suddenly other people like it.
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I grew up with horrible skin. I had cystic acne ever since I can remember. I ended up finally listening to those people who say you are what you eat.
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From ages 10 to 12 or so, I barely remember anything.
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I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.
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It bothers me that I won't live to see the end of the century, because, when I was young, in St. Louis, I remember saying to Marilyn, my sister by adoption, that that was how long I wanted to live: seventy years.
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And I remember what she said to meHow she swore that it never would endI remember how she held me oh so tightWish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.
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Actors only have our bodies, voices, and the text. So I think actors need to have a fit and in-tune body. I was always very disciplined in wanting to have that. That's one of my favorite things - playing a role with a physical requirement.
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Applying cost-benefit analysis to regulation is no different than what most regulatory agencies do.
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I am not interested in splitting the white vote.
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If you really believe in the message you're preaching, you want as many people as possible to listen.
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The trouble with American History is that you don't remember it, and why should you? Nobody does.
