Holly Hunter Quotes
Some actors say they don't know themselves at all, and that's why they act: because they can disappear into other people.
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What was once underground is now coming to the surface.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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I had to work with a psychiatrist.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by a book was Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time.'
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind.
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A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
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Each man has an equal social right to multiply his power of motion by all the social factors of civilization. Private property in any of these factors is inconsistent with this fundamental right; it must, obviously, prove a source of economic despotism and industrial slavery.
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Going to the cinema or a meal can be difficult, with people asking for pictures or autographs.
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It is frustrating to be a Black woman in the entertainment industry.
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'Vogue' is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there.
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The short story and the truth is that I was taking vocal lessons here in New York... One day, instead of my lesson, the piano player and I went into a studio... and we put down some demos... Those demos got to Quincy Jones through an agent... He listened to them, he called me, and we started to record.
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Some actors say they don't know themselves at all, and that's why they act: because they can disappear into other people.
