Bill Willingham Quotes
I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once?
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.
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They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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However we can spread love and progression, we've got to do it.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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We do have pictures on the wall, in our office in Belfast where we spend half our time. All the head shots are on the wall. So yeah, we just throw darts at the ones we don't want anymore.
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All the things that are in the past are in the past.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.
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I've always been torn between the pure and the social sciences.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.
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So, it looks like we rebuild the village and blow it apart a few more times.
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We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.
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I was never looking to be popular. The trade-off for me in seeking other people's opinions is the potential to help that you get in the media. And we don't always do that, but when we do, it's a beautiful thing.
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When I do a film score, I am basically nothing more than a fancy pencil for hire. I don't own any of the music when I am - it belongs to the film company - and likewise, when I am done, even if I come up with something astounding that I may want to revisit... in the world of film composition, you can't do that.
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Thematically, in a lot of what I write, there's a sense of displacement, of being rooted in multiple places, and how that can tug at your identities and your wants and your goals.
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Live television invites a lot of comic relief, and I've definitely had my share. I got tongue-twisted on the word 'prevalent' once; had a homeless man accost me during a segment; and got my mic snagged off when a congressional staffer barged into my frame.
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Um, yeah. I guess lying around reading books all day doesn't do much for physical endurance.
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I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once?
