Bill Courtney Quotes
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Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir.
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You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.
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One is always considered mad, when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.
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I don't think music is the first thing I turn to. For me, I think visual art is more the thing. Sometimes when I've been doing music for a while, I can't really take any more in.
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I then moved to the University of Western Ontario where I was made a full professor in 1985.
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I am excited when I get a movie and I get to move somewhere for a certain amount of time. But I am a Cali girl.
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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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Let them eat cake.
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All the angels in the whole universe care about you; and if God wants to dispatch them all, He can do it.
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We can't look to the world to restore our worth; we're here to restore our worth to the world. The world outside us can reflect our glory, but it cannot create it. It cannot crown us. Only God can crown us, and he already has.
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The salient feature of America in the Age of Obama is a failed government class institutionally committed to living beyond its means, and a citizenry too many of whom are content to string along.
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The way you give love is the most profoundly human part of you. When people say it's ugly or a perversion or an abomination, they're attacking the center of your being.
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...funny how people want a return to the good ole days. Of coarse the good ole days of being a rich white plantation owner. Everyone seems to forget the poor white farmer.
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My tiny baby blossoming art collection is comprised of works by artists I have either assisted or been mentored by, artists I am friends with, or artists I have traded with. As much as I want to and aspire to acquire works from established artists, I love acquiring works from my contemporaries in order to participate in this moment in time. The advice I would give is know what you like, take your time, and invest in things you feel connected to, as opposed to buying something because it seems cool or "of-the-moment."
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Dreaming is the opportunity to hold a citizenship in two worlds, equally real but with different logic and limitations.
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Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.
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Grace is not something one possesses; instead, grace is something one receives.
