Bill Courtney Quotes
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.
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Vox populi vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. The slogan was useful for those who first attempted to substitute the people for God as the source of political authority. Their attempt was ultimately so successful that God no longer seems to be needed in government.
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You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.
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Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the diversity of their cultures is not only the means but also the ultimate goal of their liberation and their freedom.
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I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.
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I don't expect anybody to know who I am.
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I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found that when my child was born, my first child, it felt like my heart broke.
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Being inspired is one thing, but completely knocking off a design is another. There is a big difference.
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Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure.
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Who I have fought and how I have fought, it says something about me.
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I have mended fences with both my sisters. But do I have their families on my side? Not easily. My one sister, Florence, has two lawyers in the family and two doctors. Of course, I couldn't win that battle.
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I was a ballet dancer growing up and that's what I was convinced I would be.
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One thing I know that's true about horror fans of any color is they like to be scared. And the easiest place to be scared is in a new thing.
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I will persist until I succeed. I was not deIivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd.
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I'm all for trying anything once; otherwise, you end up like David Guetta - reproducing the same formula over and over.
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Traditionally, duos get accused of lots of things.
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It's easier to get people to talk to you if you're a vet and you want to interview a vet about war. Sometimes they open up a little bit easier.
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Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity. Without fear, there could be no humility, and every man would be a monster. The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.
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When reporters say to me I'm only doing this because it's my job... that's the same abdication of moral responsibility at the thin end of the wedge that in its most extreme and horrific version ends up with others being prepared to stand as a concentration camp guard.
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I seldom went to bed before two or three o'clock in the morning, on the theory that if anything of interest were to happen to a young man it would almost certainly happen late at night.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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Briefcases, like CEOs, should never look new and unused.
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Who you are should not be defined by your achievements.
