Mark Billingham Quotes
While the subject matter of my novels could not be further removed from the stuff I used to trot out at the Comedy Store, the delivery of the material employs many of the same techniques.

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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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My original dream was to become a singer-songwriter, so I sent a video of myself playing the piano and singing to all the big agencies.
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The average full-time working male works more than a full-time working female.
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Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though.
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If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.
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If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.
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If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.
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You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
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It is our job, as members of parliament, to legislate with an eye to the long term future, to look over the horizon beyond the next election and ensure that as far as we can what we do today will make Australia a better place, a safer place, for future generations to live in.
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I would love to live in India or in the South of France, but Roger Vivier doesn't have offices yet in New Delhi or Jaipur.
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For 'Chapters', I decided to let go of my insecurities, found myself some talented R&B producers, and worked with them.
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I love the homely atmosphere of Indore and Bhopal. People here are very warm and affectionate.
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I would go through phases of wanting to be a mermaid or a vet, but because I grew up around people who were always making movies, I guess it sort of just moulded my mind.
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And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
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I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is to have a good body.
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Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don't ask questions... You follow and obey.
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Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box.
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I'm a big soccer fanatic, and although I support a team called Tottenham Hotspur in London - I love that team, I wear their symbol around my neck on a chain - I've always had a soft spot for this little club.
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In keeping with our aim to start construction on the new Family Center sometime in 2006, the dress for our Building Hope dinner will be construction casual, with tool belts and hard hats optional.
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As I got older, I learned about how some people treated their transgender children, and I was shocked. I couldn't understand how someone would leave their child and throw them on the street. I was always taught you give your kid unconditional love and if you don't, something's wrong with you, for real.
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The close relationship between railroad expansion and the genera development and prosperity of the country is nowhere brought more distinctly into relief than in connection with the construction of the Pacific railroads.
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While the subject matter of my novels could not be further removed from the stuff I used to trot out at the Comedy Store, the delivery of the material employs many of the same techniques.