Swank Quotes

No-one gets beaten to death quite like Hilary Swank ~ Jimmy Fallon

Growing up in a lower-income family, you don't have the resources to make ends meet and you have to find creative ways to get by. ~ Hilary Swank

I knew I'd get over this. People broke up with each other every day and you didn't see them falling down and dying of unhappiness. But unhappiness didn't kill you that way. It was a slow malignancy that stole your hope. You didn't fall over dead, you faded away into nothingness. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Maybe I'll hurt you," I whisper as my eyes search his. "I'm broken Tucker. I'm hopelessly broken inside, and I'm not sure there are enough pieces in me to put back together. But when I'm with you, I feel like maybe I can actually be whole. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Most of the town couldn't stand Momma, yet would show up because it was the proper thing to do then proceed to judge us on the pageantry of her burial. ~ Denise Grover Swank

One day you'll hate me, and you'll curse these past few moments. When that day comes, just know that I wish I could do it all over again. From the beginning ~ Denise Grover Swank

Rose Gardner, what in heaven's name happened ~ Denise Grover Swank

Sometimes you have to get to the heart of a character through your heart. Your own heart. And it's what makes us similar and what makes us different. ~ Hilary Swank

Violet lay next to me and I scooted over, making room for the two of us on the twin-sized bed. She took my hand in hers, slowly and deliberately threading our fingers together, like she used to do when we were little girls. And just like that, I felt six years old again, with my eight-year-old sister next to me, shaking in fear as we listened to one of Momma's tirades outside our bedroom. My eyes flooded with tears while I gripped her hand, hanging on for dear life. Violet softly hummed the old lullaby she made up years ago, the one she used to sing to me when I was scared or sad. I drifted off to sleep, ~ Denise Grover Swank

I glared at him. "What I do or don't do is my business. If I wanted the world to know, I would have tweeted about it. ~ Denise Grover Swank

What the hell is wrong with me? This isn't the first time I've asked myself this question, in a multitude of situations. But this time specifically I'm referring to my inability to feel anything when being kissed by a man. Maybe I'm just too broken. Thant's the part that scares me the most. That I'm too broken to love. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I've faced a hell of a lot worse than you today, you lizard-tongued monster! ~ Denise Grover Swank

Here's the thing. I met this girl, this beautiful woman who's unlike anyone I've ever met. She's funny, and brave ~ Denise Grover Swank

Problem with attempting to live up to other people's expectations was that you were destined to fail before you even began. I ~ Denise Grover Swank

I think what's great about that relationship between an actor and a Director is you have to really blow away all your thing, the safety things that you put up. ~ Hilary Swank

My home is where you are, not what world I live in. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I wouldn't change my past for anything, because I think it's made me who I am. I'm so enormously grateful for all that I have in my life. ~ Hilary Swank

I wondered if somehow, without my knowing it, I had been cast in a Lifetime channel movie. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I'm going to guess that you hate coconut, so I should probably answer that I make killer margaritas." She laughed again. "I knew you were smart. ~ Denise Grover Swank

My relaxation has always been my animals - going to the dog park with them, going to the beach. ~ Hilary Swank

Perhaps you and I aren't meant to be together in this lifetime. Maybe we're suppose to wait for eternity. ~ Denise Grover Swank

This is the worst idea in the history of ideas, yet I can't stop myself from nodding. ~ Denise Grover Swank

My most annoying question is 'Hilary, are you ever going to play a pretty girl?' ~ Hilary Swank

We were ensconced as guests of the exclusive Beverly Hilton Hotel, an edifice so swank that the fire ax in the hall outside our suite said: "In case of fire-break crystal." ~ Jack Paar

found her in the closet. ~ Denise Grover Swank

heard of people who died from broken hearts, but I realized that wasn't necessarily true. They died because their bodies forgot how to live. ~ Denise Grover Swank

He gave her a goofy grin. "Not everyone can be hip to the lingo. Don't be a hater, Blair. ~ Denise Grover Swank

The next morning, beer and I mutually decided our relationship wasn't going to work out. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I like that this is your idea of formal dress, by the way. The same clothes as always, but recently laundered. Do you even know what level of swank La Vache is?" "I wasn't aware that swank operates on a tiered system," I said, pulling my luxuriously warm jeans back on. "They want a star pilot; I'm giving them what they expect. If you were hiring a mime artist, you wouldn't expect them to show up in business casual, would you." He ~ Yahtzee Croshaw

I love to travel. I'm a curious person. ~ Hilary Swank

Why do any of us do what we don't want to do?" I don't respond, unsure what answer he's looking for.
He smiles, but it's sad. "Because we're afraid of what will happen if we don't."
I always considered fear to be a motivator or a reason not to do something, but I never considered it a reason to continue an ongoing behavior. This opens a vault full or questions about my own life. I've always assumed I'm afraid to engage in activities because I'm afraid of what might happen. But maybe I'm looking at it all wrong. Maybe I should be asking myself if I'm really afraid of leaving what makes me comfortable. ~ Denise Grover Swank

There's so much more to life than looking a certain way. ~ Hilary Swank

It's a quality of my life that I wouldn't change for the world, having grown up with such a humble background. ~ Hilary Swank

The idea of playing a character for even two years, to me feels claustrophobic - only because I want to play a lot of different people. ~ Hilary Swank

Even not choosing is a choice. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Why have a model on the front of your magazine when you can have Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett or Hilary Swank? Because those girls are intelligent and talented, people are interested. ~ Milla Jovovich

We were two halves to a whole. Water, the mother of creation. Land, the father who supported it. We were forever joined, our souls tethered. In this moment, the truth came to life: Whether the gate closed or not, I would never be whole without this man by my side. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I think about how I'm spending my money, and I like to spend on my family. ~ Hilary Swank

This here's war, and sometimes there's casualties. You hope to God not to be one, but you go in accepting the risk. Especially if something's worth fighting for. ~ Denise Grover Swank

The fluorescent lights flickered overhead, casting a sick gray pallor over the room. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I put the wine bottle on the counter and reached for a couple of wine glasses. "Would you like some? It's a fine vintage stock. I'm pretty sure it was on the shelf of the Piggly Wiggly for at least two weeks. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I believe that the definition of luck is when preparation meets with opportunity. ~ Hilary Swank

We walked to the car, side by side, but a million miles apart. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Collin has his path to follow and you have yours. Eventually, they were merge, but your journeys are separate for now. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Anna had bypassed all the nonessentials and distilled centuries of learning into one sentence: "And God said love me, love them, and love it, and don't forget to love yourself." The whole business of adults going to church filled Anna with suspicion. The ide
a of collective worship went against her sense of private conversations with
Mister God. As for going to church to meet Mister God, that was preposterous. After all, if Mister God wasn't everywhere, he wasn't anywhere. For her, churchgoing and "Mister God" talks had no necessary connection. For her, the whole thing was transparently simple. You went to church to get the message whenyou were very little. Once you had got it, you went out and did something about it. Keeping on going to church was because you hadn't got the message or didn't understand it or it was "just for swank. ~ Fynn

up. I kind of hoped jury duty lasted ~ Denise Grover Swank

As long as we dare to dream and don't get in the way of ourselves, anything is possible - there's truly no end to where our dreams can take us. ~ Hilary Swank

This is life. It's messy and unpredictable, full of wonderful surprises and mind.numbing disappointment. the uncertainty of it all is why I hide, trying to avoid all the pain and the heartache. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I'm sure that's fine, but more than likely, Violet will ~ Denise Grover Swank

liver with catsup? Are you ashamed? ~ Denise Grover Swank

One thing I've learned: you never know where life is taking you, but it's taking you. ~ Hilary Swank

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point? ~ Hilary Swank

You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be. ~ Hilary Swank

Kind of like getting married." I smiled at him. "It's easy to say I do, but ten times harder to say I don't. ~ Denise Grover Swank

You don't see black and white. You see gray. People aren't all good and bad. You have a way of bringing out the good. ~ Denise Grover Swank

People tell themselves there's plenty of time to do it all, but most of the time they never see death coming. ~ Denise Grover Swank

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"My web page is a place for me to share with you information about my books and writings. My writings are on various subjects, both factual and fictional. I write about my hobbies and my faith. I hope my writings will inform, entertain, and inspire you." JWS ~ John William Swank

I feel like I've had a really great intense relationship with every single Director I've ever worked with. I can't say there's one that hasn't been deep and profound in its own way. ~ Hilary Swank

But how did I know what was real and what wasn't, especially in regard to his feelings for me. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I see myself as a very successful entrepreneur. Maybe making films or else starting my own clothesline. I see myself as a corporate woman, sitting on the 16th floor of a swank office with a glass window that overlooks the Manhattan skyline. ~ Sushmita Sen

Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies. ~ Hilary Swank

As a producer, you really have - you're able to hand-pick all the talent that you want to be surrounded with. ~ Hilary Swank

You said you like it on top. I spent all day imagining it. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I think writing letters is a lost art, but nowadays it's something that means even more, because it's so easy to communicate in so many different ways. But I find a love letter can even be a little post-it note stuck in your pocket, with a sentence or a few words. ~ Hilary Swank

I wake up so full of life and feeling so alive and so full of joy when I get to go to a set and tell a story. I just - I couldn't imagine not having that, and what a gift it's been in my life. ~ Hilary Swank

You're not always going to hit the bull's-eye. I'm going to make movies that work and I'm going to make movies that don't work, and that's just a part of being creative. Because really, I think if you're taking risks and you're pushing yourself and you're doing things that scare you, you are going to fall on your face, and it's not always going to work. ~ Hilary Swank

Fire seemed about ready to shoot out of her eyes. "Yeah, he's changed all right. He used to be a snake in the grass, and now he's slitherin' out in the open. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Why am I not surprised you'd think you could flout ~ Denise Grover Swank

I stand outside the doorway of my Western civilization class caught in a dilemma. Either go in and have thirty pairs of eyes stare at me, or leave - which means missing my test. The decision is already made. I only need to open the door and walk in. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Talking of being eaten by dogs, there's a dachshund at Brinkley who when you first meet him will give you the impression that he plans to convert you into a light snack between his regular meals. Pay no attention. It's all eyewash. His belligerent attitude is simply - "
Sound and fury signifying nothing, sir?"
That's it. Pure swank. A few civil words, and he will be grappling you ... What's the expression I've heard you use?"
Grappling me to his soul with hoops of steel, sir?"
In the first two minutes. He wouldn't hurt a fly, but he has to put up a front because his name's Poppet. One can readily appreciate that when a dog hears himself addressed day in and day out as Poppet, he feels he must throw his weight about. Is self-respect demands it."
Precisely, sir."
You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?"
I could not say, sir."
Nor me. I've often wondered. ~ P.G. Wodehouse

I really enjoy playing with someone else and whether it's chess or tennis or games, I love card games. I love that, but I think there's something so important to gain from winning and losing and learning how to lose and how you can be better from that. ~ Hilary Swank

I faced the real possibility of spending the rest of my life alone, never experiencing great love. But then again, I might not live long enough for it to matter much. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Because as long as you know the rules, you know what's expected of you, and as long as you have the necessary information, you can always find the answer. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Do you ever lay off the crap or is it all bullshit, all the time with you? ~ Denise Grover Swank

See how long and bold my life line is? It's an indication of my sexual prowess. ~ Denise Grover Swank

You can do anything when the alternative is unacceptable. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I sighed, a deep and heavy sigh. If only sighs could carry all my troubles away. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Love doesn't spend its time watering your plants. But it might bubblegum swank monkey mouth with you - twice. ~ Jarod Kintz

One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I not been an actor. ~ Hilary Swank

what's wrong with being different? Sometimes it's good to stand apart from everyone else. ~ Denise Grover Swank

You can't change the opinions of small-minded people. ~ Denise Grover Swank

There's so much I want to do as an actor. I feel like there's so much more that I want to achieve and that I can achieve. ~ Hilary Swank

Could search to the ends of the earth and never find another woman like you. ~ Denise Grover Swank

come home tomorrow. Getting back to Maeve's was tricky. There was a new ~ Denise Grover Swank

I am a competitive person with myself. I always find new goals to achieve, new challenges to breakthrough, and I try and do something new every day. And I'm highly competitive with myself. ~ Hilary Swank

What I love about making movies is that it's a collaboration. It's one of the most rewarding things, to create something and have someone show you something that you didn't see, and vice versa. ~ Hilary Swank

Good, bad, they're just words. Who's to decide what is good or bad? In the end, only the consequences matter. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I had to fight my whole life to break out of my circumstances. That's just part of my makeup. ~ Hilary Swank

I didn't know how many police cars the city of Henryetta owned, but I was willing to bet money all of them were currently parked in front of my house. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Do you smoke the weed?" Megan couldn't stop her chuckle. "No Gram, I don't smoke the weed. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I want to fight, Becky. Can you understand that? I want struggle, I want danger. You know, Sally said something to me once: we were talking about happiness and what that might mean. She said she didn't want to be /happy/, that was a weak, passive sort of thing; she wanted to be alive and active. She wanted /work/. That's the spirit I like. That's what I want; and my work is a rough dirty dangerous kind of work. Oh, I want other things too. I want to write a play and see Henry Irving perform in it. I want to swank about town smoking Havanas and have supper with pretty girls in the Cafe Royal. I want to play poker on a Mississippi riverboat. I want to see Dan Goldberg get into Parliament. I want to see you go to university and get a first-class degree. Sally ... Sally can do anything we wants, by me. There's a whole world I want, Becky. ~ Philip Pullman

For the first time in his life, it was more important to him that someone else was having a good time than that he was enjoying himself. And, weirdly, he was having a better time because of it. ~ Denise Grover Swank

When I stopped wanting my New Year's Eve to be perfect, to bring in the New Year right, is when it started working out right. When I was young, I was always looking for the best party to be at, to ring in the New Year, and I always ended up in the car going, "Happy New Year." ~ Hilary Swank

I took 'P.S. I Love You' thinking it was going to be a little funny, and I ended up crying every day on that film. ~ Hilary Swank

I've not done much living in my life, but I met this guy who makes me want to live it. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I think every day there is some new actress comes out and inspires me to do something else ... like Hilary Swank. After she did Boys Don't Cry, I felt this yearning to go out and be even half as good as she was. ~ Elisabeth Moss

I'm not sure which is better-the chance to experience love and lose it, or to live my life without it. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Collin and I were fire and ice, love and hate. When you climb to soaring heights, the fall is much more deadly. ~ Denise Grover Swank

I fell asleep, lying against his chest listening to the soft beat of his heart in my ear, my own full of joy. ~ Denise Grover Swank

Mark this one thing my boy: never, never, never can a man make himself ridiculous in the eyes of a woman by anything he may do on her account. Not even by the most childish performances. Do anything you like, stand on your head, talk the most utter twaddle, swank like a peacock, sing under her window - anything at all but one thing: don't be matter of fact, don't be sensible. ~ Erich Maria Remarque