Bill Bailey (Mark Robert Bailey) Quotes
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My sisters are amazing. My sister is my business partner, my twin. She's an amazing producer, writer. You know, we're just grinding and trying to make my mother proud as well as God.
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Success demands singleness of purpose.
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I'm writing in English; I'm writing for a Western audience, but the people I'm surrounded by in my daily life are mostly non-white.
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I had about four days of like, 'Pity party, woe is me, it's all over.' Then I did some research and spoke with doctors and got in contact with people who have MS, and I soon realized it's actually a lot more manageable than the kind of public perception of it is, and that's part of the reason why I've been so outspoken about it.
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Without faith, I don't think I'd be here.
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I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.
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I've never had a MySpace or a Facebook page. I avoid that entirely.
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Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.
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We all have the right to comment about each other.
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We live on the circumference of a hollow circle. We draw the circumference, like spiders, out of ourselves: it is all criticism of criticism.
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The thrill of acting is making a character real. Modeling is the opposite of real. It's being fake in front of the camera.
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I've made it abundantly clear that I think that marriage is between a man and a woman.
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With every little bit of change we make in our lives, we can maximize that small change simply by asking ourselves: 'What's next? What can I do now? What additional responsibility can I take on?'
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No, I have not a drop of what they call white blood in my veins. My father was a full blooded Negro, and my mother was a full blooded Chippewa.
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My mom is in her mid-60s and has more energy and is more youthful than any human being I know. It's pretty incredible.
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When I hold something that's radioactive, it's kind of an indescribable feeling. It's kind of like when I'm with my girlfriend.
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Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.
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The story about GE that hasn't been told is the value of an informal place. I think it's a big thought. I don't think people have ever figured out that being informal is a big deal.
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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
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Not knowing all of the conventions of beauty, he [Tom Thomson] found it all beautiful.
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The very essence of school is elitism. Schools exist to teach, to test, to rank hierarchically to promote the idea that knowing and understanding more is better than knowing and understanding less.
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Contentment is knowing you're right. Happiness is knowing someone else is wrong.
