Dee Rees: When I first came out, holidays were hard....

Quote	When I first came out, holidays were hard. I reached a point where I didn't go home anymore. I constructed my own, kind of like, family group around Christmas. Copy
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Quote: Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and a new respect for my work as an actress.
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Author:
Sarah Polley
Category:
Christmas

Lately I did a...

Quote: I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, all those great records. So I begged my mom and dad for a guitar, which eventually they did get me for Christmas, but it went out of tune very quickly, and it hurt my fingers.
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Author:
Ian McLagan
Category:
Christmas

I loved rock and...

Quote: My Christmases have always just been very simple and about family.
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Julie Roberts
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Christmas

My Christmases have always...

Quote: I like day-after-Christmas omelets, day-after Christmas pizzas... Or you take croissant rolls, put gravy on top, turkey, mashed potatoes, cheese, more gravy. That sounds good!
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Author:
Eric Stonestreet
Category:
Christmas

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Quote: I did so many acting jobs for nothing. I was in a play that opened on Christmas Eve above a police precinct on 54th Street. Three people showed up. One of them was an agent. It was my first agent.
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Author:
Bobby Cannavale
Category:
Christmas

I did so many...

Quote: When you're involved in those big-budget movies, there's a lot of hype: 'Oh this is gonna be a big hit!' And 'A Christmas Story' wasn't. It came and went and was a big disappointment at the box office.
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Author:
Peter Billingsley
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Christmas

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Quote: I associate the truest spirit of Christmas with certain years when I had to spend it at my parents' house as an adult who had, presumably, escaped.
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Author:
Padgett Powell
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Christmas

I associate the truest...

Quote: Christmas can have a real melancholy aspect, 'cause it packages itself as this idea of perfect family cohesion and love, and you're always going to come up short when you measure your personal life against the idealized personal lives that are constantly thrust in our faces, primarily by TV commercials.
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Author:
Dan Savage
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Christmas

Christmas can have a...

Quote: I went on iTunes and looked at versions of Christmas songs. Everyone has done them!
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Author:
Vince Clarke
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Christmas

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Quote: Christmas is a huge thing in my family. We usually start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We spend Christmas Eve with one set of grandparents, and Christmas Day with the other grandparents and our family.
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Author:
Samantha Isler
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Christmas

Christmas is a huge...

Quote: I had a great AP U.S. History teacher in Pittsburgh. We still exchange Christmas cards. She was the first teacher who said I was a good writer - and I'd never heard that before. And so I remember that, and I remember that level of loving the material and really loving writing about it.
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Author:
Nathaniel Philbrick
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Christmas

I had a great...

Quote: Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.
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George Osborne
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Christmas

Tax cuts should be...

Quote: Making your Christmas cake in September is perfect, as too fresh a cake crumbles when cut.
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Author:
Mary Berry
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Christmas

Making your Christmas cake...

Quote: I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch.
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Author:
Jose Mourinho
Category:
Christmas

I was nine or...

Quote: Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgiving is really not that. I don't ever really get stressed out about the food.
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Author:
Sandra Lee
Category:
Christmas

Christmas is more stressful...

Quote: I grew up with the classics. My mom and I would sit and watch 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'White Christmas' - those kind of movies.
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Author:
Lucas Grabeel
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Christmas

I grew up with...

Quote: There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season.
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Ernest Istook
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Christmas

There are a lot...

Quote: For it is in giving that we receive.
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Author:
Francis of Assisi
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Christmas

For it is in...

Quote: I didn't know the full dimensions of forever, but I knew it was longer than waiting for Christmas to come.
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Author:
Richard Brautigan
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Christmas

I didn't know the...

Quote: When I was 11, I made truffle risotto for my family for Christmas dinner.
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Author:
Gigi Hadid
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Christmas

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Quote: God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.
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Author:
Pope Francis
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Christmas

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Quote: Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.
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Author:
Lucinda Franks
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Christmas

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Quote: Fashion Week is like Christmas.
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Author:
Brad Goreski
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Christmas

Fashion Week is like...

Quote: Christmas makes me happy no matter what time of year it comes around.
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Author:
Bryan White
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Christmas

Christmas makes me happy...

Quote: My parents were over the moon when I had some success with Christmas songs because that was the time of the year that meant so much to them. They were able to see their loved ones, and it was great to hear their son's voice on the radio while they visited.
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Author:
Johnny Mathis
Category:
Christmas

My parents were over...

Quote: It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.
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Author:
Samantha Stosur
Category:
Christmas

It is never too...

Quote: The smell of pine needles, spruce and the smell of a Christmas tree - those to me, are the scents of the holidays.
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Author:
Blake Lively
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Christmas

The smell of pine...

Quote: Christmas was always a big holiday in our family. Every Christmas Eve before we'd go to bed, my mom and dad would read to us two or three stories and they would always be 'The Happy Prince,' 'The Gift of the Magi' and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas,' and I would like to keep that alive.
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Author:
Cameron Mathison
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Christmas

Christmas was always a...

Quote: I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might do to the country, let alone the Republican Party before Christmas.
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Author:
Robert Teeter
Category:
Christmas

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Quote: For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over 250 people participating in more than 20 performances. By the end of the season, everyone who participated was exhausted.
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John C. Maxwell
Category:
Christmas

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