Hal Holbrook Quotes
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It's one of the reasons I don't do drugs. One sniff and I'd go all the way.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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I just want to live on the road. I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night. If I'm not performing every night, I get totally depressed. I know that sounds really weird, but I hate sitting at home and not having a 1 A.M. performance now. It kills me.
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I grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and reading was a big part of my life - I'd get through several books a week.
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I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
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I look forward to a time when my career in a place where I can get out of Los Angeles and find a nice small town like I grew up in to raise my family.
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The thing about motor neuron disease, once a muscle stops working, it doesn't start again.
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People are really paying attention to the comic-book genre, and there's a lot of time and attention being invested in these projects with a wonderful sense of quality control.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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I became a man. Before that I was a little boy.
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You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
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When I designed my first house in L.A., I didn't have any money - I did it all on my own. I liked that.
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To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.
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I think I take what you might call a B-movie story, deal with B-movie subjects, and I treat it as if it's an A-movie in terms of my approach, my crew, my actors, my ethics and so on. I guess that's my trademark or one of them, anyway!
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If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the muscle. You've got to get rid of that fat! How do you get rid of fat? By changing your diet.
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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
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I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.
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I do or die, but I never cancel out.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.
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When I was growing up, we never had much money. My parents were divorced young, but I was always surrounded by loving individuals. They couldn't give us riches, but they gave us their stories, their hearts, and their time.
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The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our country's dazzling beauty. Our natural environment is so much a part of Australia's art, writing, music and culture, both indigenous and non indigenous.
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A lot of people in my family have high blood pressure. Dre told me I better start hitting the gym... so I took his advice.
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I like to be who I am.
