Bill Hicks Quotes
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We think of feminism as an academic subject, but it's not. If you think feminism is academic, you think there's a right or wrong.
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Today, our economy is about an economy of ideas.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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A lot of people look at playing overseas as a step down from the NBA. And, yes it is a step down from the NBA money-wise, but there is just as good of talent overseas as in the NBA. Not better talent.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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'The Fifth Gospel' is set entirely inside the Vatican and told from the perspective of a Catholic priest. I'm not Catholic myself, yet authenticity and factual accuracy are very important to me, so the novel required an enormous amount of research.
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I think most people's careers in theater are based on delusion. It's just that mine started early.
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Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
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I believe in operating in the big middle of the electorate and not being to the far right or the far left. I think you get so much more done.
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Don't go in and tell somebody else how to run their business.
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California must be a really big fan of the 'Hunger Games.' Because it's always catching fire.
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I started working on ribosomes when I was a post doc, in 1978, when it would have been impossible, really, to solve it. But, it was just a fundamental problem in biology.
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Most of my time as a legislator, I served in the minority. So I'm used to getting the heel of a loaf of bread.
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Promotions are the worst part of making a movie. We are actors and not salesmen. Still, you have to go to so many places to try and sell the movie.
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Well, if you look at the programme that we're offering, I think that is a future which is fair for women as well as men. We're still heavily outnumbered - we're still four to one in parliament - but we are pioneers! We are forging a new path.
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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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In prison, you have to forget about the world on the outside. You have no Internet, no communications, and you're cut off from the whole world. Everything is given to you. You have shelter; you have food, a shower, water. You don't need to spend a dime. You don't have to worry about bills.
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Actors go, 'I just want to act.' And I say to them, 'You know, stop for a second and think about what charges you up the most. Do you want to be on the stage, do you want to be in film, do you want to be a comic actor? Do you just want to make it for the money and capitalize on your look and do commercials and soaps?'
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I think, bottom line, I have to be good enough to make the team. I have to bring something in and beat somebody else out, especially with a smaller roster for the Olympics.
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I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.
