Bill Courtney Quotes
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Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way with the dreads.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
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Definitely, I think I fulfill a very funny Indian stereotype because I love technology. It's something I've always been interested in.
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I can't change the past, and I don't think I would. I don't expect to be understood. I like what I've written, the stories and two novels. If I had to give up what I've written in order to be clear of this disease, I wouldn't do it.
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If you look at suburban education in New Jersey and New York, it's pretty strong, intact, doing a pretty good job. You cap taxes for those communities, can we reasonably predict it's going to be as strong 20 years from now?
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I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.
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I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special.
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I'm just considering myself extremely lucky. All I wanted is to have 'Paranormal Activity' be released and become successful. And everything that's happened since then is just an enormous bonus.
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My mother died when I was 12, and right after, my dad died in a car crash. I was 15 and had no family. The court sent me to live with my uncle and aunt in Missouri.
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There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.
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What really swings is the music of the United States, Cuba, the Caribbean and vicinity, and, of course, Brazil. The rest is all waltzes.
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I do look in the mirror frequently. But I look past the physical and I feel proud of what I see, because I know where my heart is and the struggles I've been through to be able to stand where I'm standing.
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Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in films. There are also a lot of TV series in the U.S. that have a strong presence of actors from India.
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Ronald Reagan's long journey has finally drawn to a close, ... optimism and ... Western can-do spirit.
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Internal character: how you behave when no one is watching.
