Hal Holbrook Quotes

You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope.

Hal Holbrook

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 17, 1925

Topics

WarPeopleRichYouGoWant

One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.

Robert McNamara

FashionActionOutCannotIncredible

When you train as hard as we do, bad things happen sometimes. It's just part of the sport.

Stipe Miocic

YouBadTrainThings HappenHard

With all editing, no matter how sensitive - and I've been very lucky here - I react sulkily at first, but then I settle down and get on with it, and a year later I have my book in my hand.

Michael Morpurgo

BookYearDownSettleReactHand

Pre-Christmas is very important, and it is stressful, and, you know, even in the biblical story... travelling on the donkey in a stressful environment.

Michael Leunig

StoryEnvironmentYouKnowImportant

When I was born, the economy wasn't in a great state; it was the Depression, and my father had to be quick to try and find work.

Clint Eastwood

WorkFatherGreatDepressionBorn

I'm with people all the time so I often go away on my own.

Bruno Tonioli

TimePeopleGoMy OwnOwnGo Away

I'm attracted to guys who are really confident and make conversation.

Britney Spears

ConfidentConversationWhoAttracted

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

William Shakespeare

BloodSayWillThey Say

Hendrix was a perfect guitarist. And that's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around.

Syd Barrett

GuitarPerfectPlayJumpKidAround

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

Marie Curie

LifePerseveranceConfidenceBelieve

I've got to where I've always wanted to be. I just feel more myself, and I've learned not to care what other people think. It's happened slowly, very slowly. But I did it.

Marianne Faithfull

MyselfPeopleThinkCareFeelMore

When I'm working in television, I've learned you've got to work fast. You don't have time to rehearse; you don't have time to just mess around. You've got to move quickly. So I pick that up from that world, and I also pick up the idea of development of character and development of situations.

Kenny Leon

WorkCharacterTimeWorldYouFast

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