Billy Childish Quotes
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I'm trying to focus on my job as I see it, which is to write the next thing and to remain, to the degree that I ever was, a noticer.
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I will keep painting until I die.
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I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then.
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Growth should take care of the fear of job losses. People will be challenged to do different things. For people who are not up to it, purely based on objective assessment, that's a different issue, which, you do it anyway.
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A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
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DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.
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I have to remind myself when I'm on a job and I'm feeling a lull in attitude or confidence or whatever, I'm there for a reason. I have to constantly remind myself of these almost corny Pinterest mantras, like 'You are worthy.'
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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It's my job to make sure that the people I'm gonna team up with for my music see everything that I'm about: Put all my cards on the table and don't make them guess.
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers.
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That job should not be a political job. We should not be hearing very publicly from the leader of the FBI.
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I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff up, and I thought, 'I wanna do that.' It really had nothing to do with acting; I just wanted a job that allowed me to do fun, bigger-than-life stuff.
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For an entrepreneur with 'improbable' and 'impossible' dreams, the alleged stability that comes from getting 'a real job' is nothing but a sign of slavery.
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Sunlight is painting.
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If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets.
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I'm a fatalist. … I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted, it's miraculous or the result of a misunderstanding.
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The people who send us fan mail written in blood say the nicest things, so it doesn't freak us out too much.
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Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends, Consoler of the lonely, Bond of the scattered family, Enlarger of the common life.
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Moving forward in science is as much unwinding the distorted thinking of the past as it is putting a clearer idea on the table.
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I make sure I make a painting - that's my job. And I cook the Sunday dinner.
