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 a way women are fleshier because of estrogen. It's hard for us to lose weight because when we get super skinny we don't ovulate. Women in camps during the Holocaust didn't menstruate and didn't ovulate. They were starving; they were terrified. Why emulate that condition? It's nonsensical to me.
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So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life.
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I think, in all fields, there's this motherhood pay penalty where, the second you become a mother - and this is true whether you give birth or adopt - you're perceived to not be as committed to your job. Whereas men are perceived as breadwinners who now need more money and promotions because they're fathers.
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We all have to contribute here if we're going to win this year.
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I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.
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I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.
