Peter Billingsley Quotes
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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I love so many styles of music.
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I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
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I do two cups of coffee with a little bit of raw sugar and soy creamer, and then I do a bowl of plain oatmeal with walnuts and blueberries. Now, if I could do what I really wanted to do with my life, every morning I would have a salami-and-cheese omelet with hash browns and a buttermilk biscuit - and pancakes. But my heart would explode.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
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My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.
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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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The abuse of political power is not as important as the loss of lives. Plus there is a process for curing the abuse of institutions.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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By using TV as a bra... the most intimate belonging of a human being, we will demonstrate the human use of technology, and also stimulate viewers... to look for the new, imaginative and humanistic ways of using our technology.
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I never have regrets! What's the point?
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It is important to me that I was not raised in Los Angeles.
