Mark Billingham Quotes
In the 1970s, there was a trend for all detectives on TV to have some quirk or gimmick, and this was often physical.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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I can't wait to get on stage, because there you don't worry about whether you'll ever get married because your life is insane, or whether you'll ever have another boyfriend again, you don't worry about the typical boundaries of how your life has to be.
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I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
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In a way, Jersey really supports rock, maybe more than New York City and Long Island. I know plenty of bands that tour and do much better at Starland or other clubs in New Jersey than others in the tri-state area.
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I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.
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I think I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny, pretty things.
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Any voices or fantasies, he lives with. Those are his everyday life things.
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My nickname for my mom was 'The Compass.'
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Like most people, there are things I love about Amazon. It's cheap, it's fast, and it's at my doorstep. But Amazon will never replace the important role my local indie plays in my community.
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I had no real idea I was going to become a writer. It was just a game for me. I just liked pretending, daydreaming and imagining.
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If I get a bad review, I don't take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
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I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.
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I used to a lot. I used to go dancing.
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I do have an outsider's complex of getting made fun of. I was made fun of as a kid, and I don't have the stomach for it.
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Makeup can help you capture a moment.
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Romantic Orientalism was fascinated by the color and excitement of a powerful culture, and nearly always approached its subject with love.
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Each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom.
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If I made a mistake on a piece of content, I'm going to learn from it.
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When people insist on perfection or nothing, they get nothing.
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Wild men are so enormously attractive.
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I think that burnout happens because of resentment. That notion that, 'Wow, I worked 100 hours last week, and I couldn't even have this thing that I really wanted.'
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I learned from my dad that there may come a time in life when you need to slow down and take a breath and deal with things, and that's OK, but whatever you do... Don't stop, and don't quit. Even if it's hard, you can't be lazy.
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We suffer without a choice. We do not want to suffer and we try everything to be happy but the suffering happens regardless of our wishes and we cannot do anything about it.
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In the 1970s, there was a trend for all detectives on TV to have some quirk or gimmick, and this was often physical.
