Holding Quotes
2165 quotes by 1540 authors
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I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.
— Dean Acheson
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to…
— Diane Ackerman
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You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.
— Michelle Bachelet
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I think of being an actor as kind of a young man's gig. It's emasculating, in a way, people messing with you and putting make-up…
— Kevin Bacon
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Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat producers and fast-food outlets legally…
— Neal Barnard
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Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.
— Lynn Abbey
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I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head.
— Jean-Michel Basquiat
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We were an ill-matched pair, my husband and I, from the very outset; he, with very high ideas of a husband's authority and a wife's…
— Annie Besant
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Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
— Josh Billings
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In Vegas, you have an audience you can't find anywhere else. It's from all over the country. You play Seattle, everyone's from Seattle. But in…
— Lewis Black
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
— Bertolt Brecht
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Our favorite holding period is forever.
— Warren Buffett
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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove…
— Madeleine Albright
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I think it's better when you're natural, when you just do whatever you want, instead of doing classes where I see all these other people…
— Gisele Bundchen
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Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
— Leo Buscaglia
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I have dogs, and it's no secret that I find reptiles interesting, but the thing about reptiles is that they really just wanna be left…
— Nicolas Cage
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Sigmund Freud was the apostle of disbelief. He was the one who made psychoanalysis a part of our culture, and in so doing he kicked…
— Tony Campolo
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Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.
— Orson Scott Card
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It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something…
— Charisma Carpenter
Who Wrote These Holding Quotes
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