Bill Macy Quotes
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Because I'm in the public eye, I think that I would prefer to date someone regular who isn't in the news all the time, but I think even if you date someone regular, they'll still put it in the news.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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I didn't have a long-term plan or goal. If there would have been a road map showing me the way to my dreams becoming reality, I might have given it a second thought.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
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One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do. It doesn't matter if you're close - it still sounds terrible to their ears.
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I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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'Smallville' is like a Domino's pizza. While you're eating, you're thinking, 'This is good, and it reminds me of pizza, but there's not enough flavor in each bite.' That's the feeling you have the entire time with 'Smallville' - that it's just about to be good, but it never is.
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The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.
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The Galapagos Islands are probably the most famous wildlife-watching destination in the world. And no wonder - it's almost impossible to exaggerate the sheer spectacle of the place that provided inspiration for Charles Darwin's ground-breaking theory of natural selection.
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I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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The times when black women have been successful in confronting and overcoming the structural and institutional sexism and racism that persists in our society have been when we are thoughtful and strategic about speaking up. It's when we've done what it takes to introduce and implement our ideas and our plans to make things better.
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Having spent time on the Broadway stage definitely helps one's confidence in terms of feeling just validated in that world. Most people only know my voice as a country artist.
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Some people in the industry feel TV actors can't do anything else.
