Raymond Pettibon Quotes
In my time, we had little league and junior league or whatever - before that, there's the sandlot. Kids played baseball wherever you can make a space. We played tackle-football on the street. Now we play basketball in the studio. We have a hoop. But we also have a pitching machine.
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
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I'm kind of an antsy person.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman's films.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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In terms of script, Bollywood should learn from South Indian scripts. Not talking about the fights and action, I am talking about the drama bit.
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I didn't send back any of the royalty checks.
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I remember being in a history lesson and saying to my teacher, 'How come you never talk about black scientists and inventors and pioneers?' And she looked at me and said, 'Because there aren't any.'
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I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection.
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Eating is my main hobby now, and most of what I do on the weekend revolves around that.
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Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.
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The question not many ask is: why are the laws of physics like they are?
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To play at the Mecca of basketball and the Garden every night, it's probably the greatest decision I've ever made to go to New York.
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I hope I never do anything to hurt baseball.
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In my time, we had little league and junior league or whatever - before that, there's the sandlot. Kids played baseball wherever you can make a space. We played tackle-football on the street. Now we play basketball in the studio. We have a hoop. But we also have a pitching machine.
