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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I was always the mediator.
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The number one thing is creating this world ["Trolls" ] - what the world is going to look like, feel like and what technology will we need to use to get there.
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That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it's white. There's no in-between.
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Success gives you a platform for further success - suddenly everybody wants to work with you, and your opportunities and possibilities open up. But at the same time, success is also immensely challenging - it ultimately often creates pride, stubbornness, and sloppiness that beget failure, taking down people and organizations.
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The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.
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I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.
