Billy West Quotes
Even when I was coming through school, I was a loner and I used to study music and play it and play it, and I was in bands.
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
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If Wikileaks didn't resolve that question for folks - at the end of the day, there are no secrets. We're living in a glass neighborhood, in a fishbowl, and technology, white hat hackers, the folks that are doing the right thing with hacking.
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An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.
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I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it's a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't change - it hasn't suddenly changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's what's incredible about it because nobody has done that before, that's new territory.
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I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning.
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I want to do everything in my power to ensure the equality between all movements of Judaism in the state of Israel: Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform. In conversions, in budgets, in the eyes of the law. No one can claim ownership over the Jewish God.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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Lucio Fulci is such a massively underrated director. Everyone knows him as the Godfather of Gore.
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The day after my high school graduation in 1952, I headed to Alaska. I was 17. I started out greasing equipment, then became a heavy-crane operator. I made and saved good money there for two years.
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It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of Latin music and it's an honor to have them on this album ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007]. I believe this album will expose a new generation to the richness of Cuban music.
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Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
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I know there will be X amount of women being diagnosed. I love to say, You can get through it. You can.
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Even when I was coming through school, I was a loner and I used to study music and play it and play it, and I was in bands.
