Peter Billingsley Quotes
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.
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The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
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I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the world of a film or a novel. To be involved in creating that for other people is a privilege.
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Bullying wasn't okay in elementary school and it isn't okay now, especially when it comes in the form of a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.'
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I have several books I can read over and over. With fiction, it's 'The Stand' by Stephen King, which is my favorite all time. I read that at least once a year, the version which has 100,000 extra words, which is like the director's cut and unabridged. I love the story. I love the social connotation to it.
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I've had a nontabloid life because I had a really good family.
