Holly Hunter Quotes

I moved to the city in August of 1980, and someone I thought was a friend had an apartment in this wedding cake of a building, so I slept on her couch for a few days.

Holly Hunter

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• I noticed there were so many people, especially women, who would come up to me having recognized me from TV and say, 'I heard you were a math person, why math? Oh my gosh, I could never do math!' I could just see their self-esteem crumbling; I thought that was silly, so I wanted to make math more friendly and accessible.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • People
  • Up
  • Women

• Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Food
  • Government
  • Water

• Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.

  

  Sam Walton
  • Way
  • Wisdom
  • Ignore

• All my brothers and my dad at one point had dreadlocks.

  

  Zendaya
  • Dad
  • Point
  • Brothers

• A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.

  

  Gail Simmons
  • People
  • Reading
  • Kitchen

• I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.

  

  Barry Gibb Bee Gees
  • More
  • U.S.
  • Stones

• Faith is personal if it's to be real.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Real
  • Faith
  • Personal

• I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.

  

  Gabrielle Anwar
  • Mother
  • Friend
  • Happiness

• The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content.

  

  Fernand Leger
  • Work
  • Value
  • Independent

• Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

  

  Haile Selassie
  • History
  • Evil
  • Justice

• Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Rock

• If we don't enforce visa laws, we basically have open borders.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Laws
  • Open
  • Visa

• I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.

  

  Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet
  • House
  • Dad
  • Myself

• America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Up
  • America
  • Responsibility

• 'Shadow Souls' pushes probably every border that you can.

  

  L. J. Smith
  • You
  • Shadow
  • Border

• It's hard to remember, when you look at a magazine or when you look at pictures of people, and you forget that those people are people like you. They have flaws and insecurities. That's so easy to forget, even for me, as somebody who's sometimes in those magazines.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • People
  • Remember
  • Me

• One of the most interesting social trends of the past 20 years is the rise of residential segregation. So rich are living with rich and poor are living with poor.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • Past
  • Interesting
  • Rich

• I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women. You can see that clearly with things like 'The Hunger Games.'

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Great
  • Women
  • Hunger

• Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

  

  George Eliot
  • True
  • Soul
  • Blessed

• Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • Me
  • Taught
  • Cautious

• When I was a kid, my dream was to be a farmer and marry Charlie Brown. I wanted to rescue him and make him happy. Besides, he was always lusting after 'the little redhead girl'.

  

  Alicia Witt
  • Happy
  • Dream
  • Girl

• Friends, genuine friends, are attracted by a warm heart, not money, not power. A genuine friend considers you as just another human being, as a brother or sister, and shows affection on that level, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, or in a high position; that is a genuine friend.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Heart
  • Money
  • Power

• I moved to the city in August of 1980, and someone I thought was a friend had an apartment in this wedding cake of a building, so I slept on her couch for a few days.

  

  Holly Hunter
  • City
  • Friend
  • Wedding