Billy Porter Quotes
I'm trying to embrace social media because it gives artists a little more power than we've had in the past.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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Mark Ruffalo is just an amazing guy and an amazing director.
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I try not to eat too many raw vegetables. I only have one raw meal a day. At night I eat warm, cooked foods. I like to drink lots of tea, but no coffee. Not drinking coffee has changed my game for the better.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
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I don't know if I have a brand. I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf. I guess I'm kind of the feel-good story who's seen every level of professional golf.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing.
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You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.
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I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money.
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I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
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I moved to Dallas in 1975 and stayed there until 1980. That's when I decided it was time to move to L.A.
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What I am describing is not only a society dominated by corporatist structures, but by the received wisdom of a corporatist atmosphere: one in which the élites are interest-driven, whatever their jobs. And so the society is gradually being redrawn to suit this ethic-free system.
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I'm very conscious of trying to make something epic out of something small and ordinary.
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Suddenly she realized that what she was regretting was not the lost past but the lost future, not what had not been but what would never be.
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I don't think you could get anything worse than losing a child. I think if my child died, I would prefer it if I were dead.
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I'm trying to embrace social media because it gives artists a little more power than we've had in the past.
