Billy Porter Quotes
There was a time in the '90s where, as an African-American man, you had to be a misogynistic R&B star or a rapper, and I didn't fit into either one of those. I was advised by my label to remain closeted at that time.
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed to investigate a crime. After a few days, if there has not been a report of a crime, they should be destroyed.
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It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.
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We usually never got out of there before four or five o'clock in the morning. Every morning. So it was rough.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since leaving drama school - I picked up 'Game of Thrones.'
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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Hitler was unapproachable and impenetrable even for those in his close company.
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It is time the Arabs and the Jews sat down and settled this dispute in the true Christian spirit.
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It is difficult to meet fan expectations, especially when people say, 'Oh, the last one was the best one.' It creates more pressure each time for the next game to top the last one.
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Excessive bureaucracy is distracting, time-consuming, and destructive to creativity.
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Building an empire...one letter in front of the other.
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There was a time in the '90s where, as an African-American man, you had to be a misogynistic R&B star or a rapper, and I didn't fit into either one of those. I was advised by my label to remain closeted at that time.
