Billy Childish Quotes
I liked drawing and painting, because the only failure would be to listen to the doubters who wanted me to stop drawing and painting because 'you aren't going to make a living doing that.' I liked looking in art books at the work of painters.
Quotes to Explore
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.
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I want to ski down Mount Cho Oyu in the Himalayas when I am 85, descending from a height of 8,201 meters.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
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He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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I started at an agency called Intertalent. You copy scripts, you pick up people's dry cleaning, you take their dogs to the vet, you deliver packages, you do whatever they want you to do.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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Ultimately, the goal of sanctions is to ratchet up the economic pressure on the Iranians to such a level that the regime determines it is simply too great to bear, and they are forced to weigh the decision to carry on their nuclear development and their illicit quest for nuclear weapons against the ever-growing pressure from their own people.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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I'm a businessman. I'm a former legislator, and I'm an executive. And I've been very effective in each one of those positions.
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It's fantastic, are you kidding? To sort of be part of this project from the ground up, from the script form, and then for it to kind of do as well as it did in the States in the festivals, and come here; it's fantastic, it's wonderful.
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Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation.
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I liked drawing and painting, because the only failure would be to listen to the doubters who wanted me to stop drawing and painting because 'you aren't going to make a living doing that.' I liked looking in art books at the work of painters.
