Gary Holt Quotes
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	Figure out what you're good at and start helping other people with it; give it away. Pay it forward. Karma sort of works because people are very consistent. On a long enough timescale, you will attract what you project.   
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	While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.   
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	Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.   
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	I want someone who will love me for the person I am and not because of my status. It has to be someone who understands the pressure of playing for India. It will be very difficult to be with a person who has her own career because someone has to make sacrifices for the family and house.   
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	Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.   
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	One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.   
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	I played a lot of squash for a lot of years.   
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	Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived.   
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	Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.   
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	I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.   
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	When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card catalogue.   
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	'Mixtape' sounds retro! I used to make lots of mixed tapes. It was one of those '90s things - every girl gave them to her best friend. I remember exchanging a few with a boy on a bus when I was 14. I thought he hated me, but in hindsight, maybe he was in love with me, because he gave me the best music.   
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	I've learned from every single fight, every single opponent - some great fighters.   
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	My acting coach makes the impossible accessible.   
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	My mother lived till she was 95 and never had a line on her face or a frown line. She was beautiful.   
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	Back when I was a senior in high school in Haughton, LA, I had a chance to go to LSU. Everyone I grew up with adored LSU, including my mom. But I chose to come to Mississippi State because I wanted to start a new tradition instead of perpetuating an established one.   
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	I am very sorry to say that I rejoiced when I once more perceived the towers of Windsor behind me.   
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	I make work a bit like how you mix cocktails - with ingredients like budget, history and location.   
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	If I'd ever grown prosperous like he was, I'd not have waited for my beloved's death before I erected a Taj Mahal.   
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	If there's some work to be done that seems like it will be fun, I'll do it. I don't take anything seriously at all.   
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	If you take a cold, blunt view of most religions, and you sort of say, 'Well, here's the basis for it,' most of them sound crazy. It's the belief that makes them real. I was interested in that question: When does a belief become a myth? When does something you believe in become just a story?   
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	I think a 'no' vote is giving the victor, whoever that may be, the win without your participation.   
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	We ended up with an effective sentence of 5 1/2 years, so that's pretty close. I would be hard pressed to be upset over a question of six months.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					