Billy Crudup Quotes
I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous.
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Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them.
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I wish somebody would have told me, 'Don't try too hard,' because when I was younger I wanted to try really hard. I wanted to please everybody and be this perfect, polite little girl.
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The excitement of the fans in Montreal, especially in the playoffs, I don't think you can get that anywhere else. For a hockey player, I kind of wish everyone could go through that and experience what it is to play there. It's very unique.
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
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I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving up the right of the Congress to talk about when and how and where we go to war.
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There's no story that breaks, including a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, that I don't wish I were covering.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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I really wish that I would have gone to college. Even my son, who's into rap himself, I tell him and tell his children, 'Go to college. Get that education - it is so important. Don't do like I did.' I had all this singing on my mind, and I just didn't have time for it.
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At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.
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I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.
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I wish I didn't have to perform 'Iron Man' every night.
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I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is. There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that's what it's all about in the end - everybody being happy and working it out.
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I wish we questioned the aid model as much as we are questioning the capitalism model. Sometimes the most generous thing you can do is just say no.
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I'm very punctual. I wish I could change this about myself because most people around me are not.
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I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!
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I loved 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Lunchbox' because they had 'real' stories. I wish there are more films made like them.
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Beauty is what attracts men naturally, but really I think we dress for other women, not necessarily for men. We torture ourselves every single day, and I wish that we wouldn't because we should all just get along, really.
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We don't have a jewellery background, so we just come up with these things that we wanna wear, that we wish were out there, you know?
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The Chinese say that having two homes is the way to madness. I'm not mad, but I definitely wish Hollywood would move to Trafalgar Square. But the life of an actor is a life of movement, isn't it?
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I once said that it was unacceptable for Japan to remain "an isolated prosperous island." At one time, it might have been all right for Japan to avoid sending any citizens to dangerous areas [even as part of international efforts] and just wish for its own people's happiness. That time is gone.
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There are people who make no mistakes because they never wish to do anything worth doing.
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Here lies my wife:here let her lie!Now she's at rest, and so am I.
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I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation.
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I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous.
