Billy Dee Williams Quotes
Jazz is very much a part of my life. I work with the Thelonious Monk Institute and do the artwork for their program every year.
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.
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I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.
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The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
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Liberalism is assisting quality of life, whatever you may choose.
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I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedback, I wanted communication from the boss. I showed up for work, you can yell at me if you want, but I want input. So that's the kind of coach I want to be.
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I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.
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I believe life is an 'experience ball.' You throw it at someone, it picks up their response... it grows. You play with that ball, learning what it teaches you.
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In committing an estimated 3,000 U.S. forces to join international Ebola relief efforts in West Africa, President Obama seems to be fulfilling the plans of highly influential progressive groups who seek to transform the American military into more of a social-work organization.
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It was just this interesting, my first, the first time you hear your child in any way criticise you. It's the worst review of your life and it's really relieving to find out that they don't know what they're saying.
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I find it's really hard for anybody to meet anyone. I'm not big on dates anyways. I still have to work that out.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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Would this country be better off if no one drank? Yes, it would be, but we tried that; it doesn't work. I don't want to tell anybody that they can't have as many drinks as they want every single night of the week as long as they don't get behind the wheel of a car.
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The amount of death terror experienced is closely related to the amount of life unlived.
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When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.
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I work hard and support myself.
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Here's something I probably shouldn't be saying: I never listen to my soundtrack albums because I can't stand it. It's just stereo. When I write, I write in surround. My life is in surround.
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It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on.
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I'm interested in creating new work.
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I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing. I think you ought to try to say something with your movies.
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At the age of twenty six I am in the condition of an aged person - all my old friends are gone ... & my heart fails when I think by how few ties I hold to the world....
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In rehearsals, I like to create an honest environment that is kinda free and fun.
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Jazz is very much a part of my life. I work with the Thelonious Monk Institute and do the artwork for their program every year.
