Billy Dee Williams Quotes
I don't know why everybody thinks I'm smooth. I think I'm just a pretty silly person, really.
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It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
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I like sparkles; I think I'm a magpie.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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I consider the many years I produced 'Frontline' documentaries as the essential building blocks of my success.
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I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude.
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Every villain needs her story told.
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I played point guard my whole life.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.
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I had novels to write, so I wrote them.
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The thing that everybody loves about the 'Burnett Show' was that you felt like you were really there - all that fun stuff stayed in the show, and I think that's why everybody remembers it so fondly because that just doesn't happen anymore on television.
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I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.
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Old age is the time when birthday candles cost more than the birthday cake itself, and half of your urine is wasted on medical testing.
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I had been coming to New York, pretty much once a month, to dance on Broadway. I was offered a huge Broadway show but couldn't do it because my brother was having his huge Bar Mitzvah.
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They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.
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Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.
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I don't know why everybody thinks I'm smooth. I think I'm just a pretty silly person, really.
