#holly

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#efforts #encourage #endeavor #others #own

Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it? ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#anyone #anything #archetypal #breakfast #freedom

Having a partner who has nothing to do with Hollywood helps keep things in perspective. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#helps #hollywood #keep #nothing #partner

Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#growing #growing up #hollywood #house #just

English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different. ↗

— Bai Ling

#china #culture #different #different places #english

Hollywood has a way of sucking the world's talent to it. ↗

— Richard Linklater

#sucking #talent #way #world

Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to prove an emotional point. ↗

— Richard Linklater

#film #hollywood #own #place #point

I played on this soccer team, called Hollywood United, and there were a lot of old ex-international pro-players. We played this benefit match at the Rose Bowl, and the crowd streamed in. It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment. ↗

— Donal Logue

#billion #bowl #called #crowd #environment

A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all. ↗

— F. L. Lucas

#down #even #himself #make #man

In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#hollywood #long #makes #occasionally #peaches