Billy Childish Quotes
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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It's always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there.
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We've got 942 friends on Facebook, but when was the last time we spent an afternoon sitting in High Park with one of them?
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I hate mules. I hate the noise when someone walks with mules. Clomp, clomp, clomp. I think it's very not chic. I don't even like a flip-flop. I don't like this noise.
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I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure.
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I'd love to play a Bond villain. Yeah, I'd love to play a Bond villain. Everyone always says this to me; they always say, 'You've got to be a Bond villain', 'We're going to make you a Bond villain...' But they've never, ever approached me, I've never had a whiff of it. I think I'd love to play a Bond villain; I'd have great fun.
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If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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I knew I would get offers to play the villain after 'Kick,' and I had already decided to reject all of them.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that's where the story begins.
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There's always ideas buzzing around, but it's whether they actually end up materialising into a song.
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I'm fascinated by the people I grew up with and the mistakes I made - and God, I have screwed up. I like writing about where it all went off course.
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There is many a man without learning will get the better of a college-bred man, and will have better words, too.
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So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.
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Some players are quite homely, and they don't see themselves going abroad; others would relish the challenge. I can only speak personally, but I always wanted the challenge, and to go and live in a place like Barcelona was great.
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I always live in the present. The future I can't know. The past I no longer have.
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Highdrake said that to make love is to unmake power.
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Khaddar delivers the poor from the bonds of the rich and creates a moral and spiritual bond between the classes and the masses.
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Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on.
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Jesus Christ, is this an NPR convention?
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To the extent that our experience of suffering reminds us of what everyone else also endures, it serves as a powerful inspiration to practice compassion and avoid causing others pain. And to the extent that suffering awakens our empathy and causes us to connect with others, it serves as the basis of compassion and love.
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Artists who don't paint aren't artists.
