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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That's how it began. In those days, we had to lug around these enormous recorders and camera equipment and find a place to conceal them.
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My dream collaboration would be with someone like Bjork, Kate Bush, or even Dionne Warwick.
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"Back in the day when I started - it's like I walked five miles to school in the snow barefooted" - there were three channels.I don't know what I would do.
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'Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', was just a film for kids and didn't have any deep meaning.
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I just come every day, do my stuff before the game, work hard. You work hard, and it pays off.
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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.
