Peter Billingsley Quotes
When you're a child actor and play the precocious kid, the temptation is to wear leather pants or a cutoff shirt to redefine yourself. But I never felt the need to randomly reshuffle the deck and say, 'Don't call me Peter. Call me Pete.' I just figured you evolve naturally, and you'll be recognized for what your successes are.
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I am neither going to Bollywood nor joining politics.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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You're on your own with the book. And while you are writing fiction, you're spending all this time with people who don't actually exist, which is just madness.
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We have a renewed energy and vigor in our supporters and we are no longer so frightened about the future.
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I'd love to play at Wembley. It's special for Barca - and for everyone in football.
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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I consider myself black.
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You don't wanna mess up what you've done. It's like Jordan coming back: You're scared to mess up the legacy.
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Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.
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Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.
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But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me, and I've always been able to do more than you necessarily hear with every band I've ever played in.
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In '87 - four years after 'Sports' was released - my family and I began vacationing in Montana. I soon bought my first piece of land in Ravalli County, in the western part of the state.
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I love listening to classical music.
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Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.
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'Certifiably Jonathan' contrives crises for its subject - a bid to get his paintings into MOMA, among others.
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I'm definitely not a supermodel, a thousand per cent.
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I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.
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Reese Witherspoon. She's sophisticated enough that you just like her. You like her and she's smart.
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You have to give guys tools to win with, and if they have success with them then they believe in you. If you don't have anything in your bag to work with, then they won't believe.
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All I'm doing is being authentic and real and singing about the emotions I go through as a human being.
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And perhaps the best answer is not to tolerate differences, not even to accept them. But to celebrate them. Maybe then those who are different would feel more loved, and less, well, tolerated.
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There is so much temptation to hold on to my career even more now. To try to micromanage and dictate every little aspect. But that's not how I want to do things anymore. I'm thinking about how can I trust God more. How can I surrender more? How can I bring him more glory? It's a fight. But it's one I'm going to keep fighting.
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'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
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When you're a child actor and play the precocious kid, the temptation is to wear leather pants or a cutoff shirt to redefine yourself. But I never felt the need to randomly reshuffle the deck and say, 'Don't call me Peter. Call me Pete.' I just figured you evolve naturally, and you'll be recognized for what your successes are.
