Billy Porter Quotes
I was fine being in the closet at the beginning of my career because that's what you were supposed to be - until I realized that it didn't serve anybody, and I was left feeling utterly empty. This is who I am, so I've gotta be me.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I try to avoid saying 'fantastic' too often and 'obviously' is a dangerous word for all broadcasters.
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Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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Books are up against TV and movies and video games and a multimedia society that is so busy that people don't have contemplative time any more. I worry deeply about this. In fact, I worry about everything all the time. I used to be a punk. All I wanted to do was tear everything down, and that was so much easier.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.
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I think that if you're improvising on TV, it's a great way to help the dialogue between actors and writers.
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You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
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It is because of me that today the union government has sanctioned special funds for the development of Bihar.
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.
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What matters is discovering myself under the veneer, under the layers that are wrapped around me. There are two 'yous'; there's 'you', the real you, and then there's the image.
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We're all a big hippie family so I got five sisters and a bunch of different mothers. Not really, but my sisters' mothers are all good friends with my mother. We're a big family, 25 people.
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The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope.
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They shut down kids' homes, for a number of reasons, and I was part of that transition into foster care. That's all well and good if it's populated by people who feel their work is paid decently and supported.
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Reese Witherspoon is my everywoman. She's managed to have a family and this amazing career. That's the goal.
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I was fine being in the closet at the beginning of my career because that's what you were supposed to be - until I realized that it didn't serve anybody, and I was left feeling utterly empty. This is who I am, so I've gotta be me.
