William Pickens Quotes
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The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them.
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
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This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.
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One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.
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The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down to 112 pounds and realized my brain doesn't work when I'm that thin, so I can't do my job. That's why, when I came out here, I never had that whole Hollywood pressure thing.
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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
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I live and die by puns.
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Well, I don't throw things. This particular night I brought one from the floor so to speak, and he ended up getting a cut over his head, and the police came, took him to another side of the hotel, and that was like September 6, 1981.
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Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books.
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Asthma doesn't affect me, even though I have it. It can seem like it wants to act up a little if I'm nervous before going on stage, but that's natural to many performers. If I think it's going to be a problem, I just reach for my inhaler.
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The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.
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If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.
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An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.
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An insignificant right becomes important when it is assailed.
