Mark Billingham Quotes
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The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard.
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It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.
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I get tired of stories that keep going and going and never get anywhere. It's like a promise that's never fulfilled. Stories need endings. Otherwise, they aren't really stories. Just pages.
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I love funk and soul and Motown.
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I was always falling in love at a very young age - kindergarten is when I can remember. There was always a crush. And when I was in sixth grade, I started picking up guitar, so I started wanting to write about it and sing about it.
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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
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Even a single Justice can have a profound impact on the country.
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The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I similar to this person and how am I different?'
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I know that I have a special stomach.
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From Enve Composites to Bluehouse Skis, Utah companies are making breakthrough products for biking, winter sports, water sports and more.
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People love gentle larceny.
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Well, we're in show business, and I have been making a living in this business a long time and inevitably it means taking what it is that you've done and hopefully you're showing it to a lot of people who like it.
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I like to space out my work.
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I was interested in political failure here in the U.S. The way we're failing to work together to solve even our smallest problems, let alone the complex ones.
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If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.
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I believe if you are nice to people, children will follow. Likewise, if you are rude to people, children will follow.
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I think every school in the world should have a sports program.
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I don't deny my life-style is occasionally pretty wild.
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I'm pretty sure the last time any anchor could honestly ignore ratings was well before I was born.
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If someone tied me down and made me answer the question, singer, actress, clothing designer, I most likely - it could change on any given day, but mostly likely I would lean towards singing. It's where I feel most like myself - on stage singing.
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Having lots of people talking highly of you and respecting your art and your work, this is one of the best feelings that you can have.
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If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.
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I was never a fan of cozy mysteries of anything set in the countryside, you know.
