Bill Dixon Quotes
My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do. I knew I was not going to be controlled. I knew there was a price for this, but I did not know there was as large a price as it turned out to be.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some time like a mouth from which a molar has been drawn - there will be a vacancy that will cause unrest and discomfort.
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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As a kid, I was always a tomboy, playing sport and doing martial arts. And I'm pretty opinionated - I've never been told that I'm a weak person.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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Photography, painting or poetry – those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
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It's never black and white on 'Game of Thrones.' If you think it's black and white, you're watching it wrong.
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Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
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Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind.
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It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.
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Due process gives teachers the latitude to use their professional judgment in their classrooms, to advocate for their students, and to not fear retribution for speaking the truth or teaching controversial subjects like evolution. As political winds shift in school districts, due process also wards off patronage or nepotism.
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If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano.
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The one thing to rely upon is God's favor. Do not build either on your study or on your meditation, although they both help you. But you are dependent on God, not even on your murshid. Seek Him, trust Him. In Him lies your life's purpose, and in Him is hidden the rest of your soul.
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I can count on one hand how many people I trust.
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When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.
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I'm no financial expert. I scarcely know what a coin is. Ask me to explain what a credit default swap is, and I'll emit an unbroken 10-minute 'um' through the clueless face of a broken puppet. You might as well ask a pantomime horse.
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My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do. I knew I was not going to be controlled. I knew there was a price for this, but I did not know there was as large a price as it turned out to be.
