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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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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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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I wouldn't be creatively satisfied if all we did were sequels, but in the same breath, I'll say that I wouldn't be creatively satisfied if everything was an original. It's good to use the different parts of my brain. Very different rules apply.
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I mean I wasn't a founder in the sense that I contributed anything scientifically but in the sense that I signed the corporation papers and, and owned founder's stock.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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Law professors like Obama tend to view the law as one means to an end, and others, like myself, tend to view it as the end itself.
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I don't play accurately — any one can play accurately — but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.
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It is important to me that I was not raised in Los Angeles.
