Gary Hallinan (Gary Holland) Quotes
The current fad in art, is to shock people or appear 'different'... My goal is to help people find the rays of sunshine in an often dark world.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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The 'Room 93' EP was just kind of picking apart the sense of voyeurism and the sense of isolation and turning it into, essentially, a little black book and reflecting on - at that time - 19 years of me forming relationships with people.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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If I had a spreadsheet on my computer, it looked like I was busy.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.
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I'm pretty boring.
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I watched a lot of comedy growing up.
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My show in Egypt was called, 'The Show,' or, 'Al Bernameg' in Arabic. Basically, it was a political satire show. It started on Internet by three, four-minute episodes, and then it evolved into a live show in a theater, which was something that was unprecedented in the Arab world.
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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Maybe I need to make a change, or maybe it's living here in New York or using social media or working in media and entertainment, but I feel like I'm constantly trying to maintain this sense of, 'Why do I do what I do?'
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I'm as frustrated with the French, I think, as anyone, but look, there's going to be other challenges and there are going to be other issues. As long as there's a war on terrorism going on, we're all going to have to work together.
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I look at Seinfeld - he looks like he's having fun. He's just enjoying being Jerry Seinfeld, you know, on 'Seinfeld.'
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Silence is safer than speech.
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You will find it will almost always be more comfortable to sit on the sidelines and critique the builders from afar. But at the end of the day, the people who make a difference, the people who shape history, are not the haters.
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The current fad in art, is to shock people or appear 'different'... My goal is to help people find the rays of sunshine in an often dark world.
