Billy Porter Quotes
I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week, I want to be there.
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter, a proofreader, a mental-health-care provider, a substitute teacher, and a book reviewer. In and around the edges of all those jobs I have written poems, stories, and books, books, books.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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We want to allow Costa Ricans to make a qualitative leap in our development and go to an economy based on innovation and developing a broadband infrastructure in order to overcome the barrier of 15 per cent penetration.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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My best time is a 3:20 in Paris in 2010, and I trained to try for a 3-hour marathon in New York, but Hurricane Sandy hit, and it was canceled.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
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I am not saying that I'm happy about what's going on right now in our nation, but I am at peace and I am comforted because I know that He's on the throne. That is good enough for me.
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Every time I was driving on the L.A. freeway in a small car, it was very unnerving for me. One time I rented an SUV, and it just changed my whole perspective of driving, and I was converted to SUVs from that day on.
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People who believe they can succeed see opportunities where others see threats.
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I had a lot of chaos in my very early years before I was old enough to know what was going on, and then I just skated through the rest of my childhood without dealing with it.
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I have a family I love. They tend to say, 'Great job!' Or 'You work really hard! Good for you!' Or 'You look nice today!' Or 'Don't be ridiculous, order the fries!' Or 'You are hilarious.' That's all the family I need.
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I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week, I want to be there.
