Brad Holland Quotes

Your biggest influences are the earliest ones. When I was young, I was very influenced by the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Brad Holland

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In college, I used to underline sentences that struck me, that made me look up from the page. They were not necessarily the same sentences the professors pointed out, which would turn up for further explication on an exam. I noted them for their clarity, their rhythm, their beauty and their enchantment.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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'Provenance' is more than a multimedia concert. It's a journey that unifies cultures through music, theater and beautiful visuals.

Maya Beiser

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I wasn't inspired by lunatic asylums or anything like that.

Matthew Williamson

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It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.

Stephen Gardiner

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Everybody's got an opinion, and I was just lucky enough to have an outlet for mine.

Roger Taylor

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Every well-dressed gentleman must have an all-cotton oxford cloth button-down shirt from Brooks Brothers.

Roger Stone

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Elvis was a sweet darling, shy fellow, but he was really boring.

Rita Moreno

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I don't think people expect Bruce Springsteen to come out in a pink satin jacket, but Rod Stewart, they do. And I like doing it; I don't wear it just because I think I have to. I'm a very flamboyant person.

Rod Stewart

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I've been very lucky with my career and don't feel like I'm being typecast in the same role over and over again.

Rose McIver

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If there is an abiding theme in 'The Pursuit of Happiness,' it is the idea that you come into the world already shaped by other people's past histories.

Douglas Kennedy

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Fantasy sports went a long way toward developing the sabermetrics formulas used not only by oddsmakers but general managers in hiring players. So the amateur fantasists ended up creating some of the algorithms that Oakland GM Billy Bean's statisticians used to win games with less salary money available for star players.

Douglas Rushkoff

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When I think of myself, I think of Toronto. My music would never sound the way it does if it weren't for Toronto.

Drake

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