Bill Willingham Quotes
Why is it you intense political types insist on living entirely in the symbolic world?
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The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.
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Most of the time, economic data is fairly benign. I don't wish to imply it is meaningless, but it is not a driver of stock markets. Indeed, the correlation between economic noise and how equity markets perform has been wildly overemphasized.
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When you had thugs and bullies and killers imposing their will on their own people or other people - if you don't respond to it, it just keeps coming because they're encouraged by their own success.
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He who frames the question wins the debate.
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When you've dealt with real-life issues, dealing with business issues is not that hard.
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Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it’s music, not words, that provides power.
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Big fund companies have many ways to increase the returns of young funds that they want to promote. And at least one of those games involves popular offerings.
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We all have fundamental beliefs of one sort or another, and it is very threatening if somebody is saying they're wrong.
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I'm awkward around girls.
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I don't mind playing the same character, but if it's not well done, then I'm not interested.
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The picture is a self-sufficient work of art. It is not connected to anything outside.
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As an actor, you audition a lot for 'the girlfriend' or the 'hot girl.'
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I apologize in my real life all the time. I say ridiculous things, I make mistakes constantly. But when I'm on stage, I'm at a microphone... it's a joke!
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When I talk about democratic socialist, I'm not looking at Venezuela. I'm not looking at Cuba. I'm looking at countries like Denmark and Sweden.
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Unless I've got Katy Perry on the cover of my CD, it's going to be tough to sell a lot of records.
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The custom of going to a party only when we have been invited is a necessary, attractive, decent way for a party to evolve.
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When I first went to college, I went to Western Michigan. I had been rejected by a bunch of schools for theater. I was like, 'I'm obviously not cut out for this, so I might as well just go into film.'
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My individual power is limited. I want to use my high-profile way to wake people up to take action together to do good things. I can only awake them with my performance art and creativity.
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Wiffle ball was my first experience hitting left-handed.
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I'm so independent in writing stuff and controlling what I do. Sometimes I get calls from people asking to be in their movie, but I'm always writing or editing, and I can never get around to doing it. I'm so much more interested in my own stuff. I think I drive my agent crazy.
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Johnny Depp gave me the best advice. He said, 'Keep your feet on the ground. Stay grounded. Remember where you came from.'
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I think we are here to challenge ourselves and make ourselves better people and not just sit around in the world simply floating through life. You should be trying to do something great and making yourself better. You should be trying to evolve. That's what I'm trying to do, and that is very important to me.
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Sometimes suffering is just suffering,” she told Gus. “It doesn't make you stronger. It doesn't build character. It only hurts.
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Why is it you intense political types insist on living entirely in the symbolic world?
