Billie Letts Quotes
Home gives you something no other place can... your history. Home is where your history begins.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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I think anyone that isn't fired up right now shouldn't probably be out here.
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You don't make it anywhere without someone helping you out.
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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
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I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in the theory of what acting can be and what it's about. It's all about living in the moment and kind of being present, which is something that at that time in my life I really wanted to explore.
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I'm a big believer in exercise. I'm a bigger believer in eating right, which is simply with plenty of fruits and vegetables. I'm not a gym girl, though. I've never had a gym membership.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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The chips are in production, the machines aren't. So we've got a little bit of work left to do.
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I'm the kind of guy who always pushes really hard.
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Well, I'm a professional.
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Originally, I was against gay marriage because I was opposed to all marriage, being an old-fashioned gay bohemian. The straight people I knew in the sixties were very much opposed to it. I was, too, and it was never a possibility for gays, but when I saw how opposed the Religious Right was to it, I thought it a fight worth fighting.
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We were shooting 'Hot Fuzz' in my hometown of Wells, Somerset, and I remember looking at the dailies and going, 'Wait, there's a Starbucks in the shot. I don't remember that being there!' We had to digitally remove it; the same thing happened with a McDonald's in another scene. I had this sensation of, 'What's going on here? Where am I?'
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
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I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.
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When I came up to New York to do a play, I passed by Julliard, and I was like, 'Oh I heard of this place.' I applied, and ended up getting in.
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I was raised vegan. My mom would always make quinoa with squash and kale, hippie stuff like that. Now I eat meat, but I try to be conscious about where it's coming from.
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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a lot of money can buy you a little more happiness. But in both cases, money does it.
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Whatever your feelings may be about William Clinton the man, or William Clinton the political ally or opponent, or William Clinton the father and the husband, ask only this: should William Clinton the president be removed from office? ... Are we at that horrific moment in our history when our union can be preserved only by taking the step that the framers saw as a last resort?
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The funkiest housing in Holland is for low-income, and I think that's very nice.
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One thing is certain: our families are important. Don't get so stressed out and so preoccupied that we neglect one of the greatest things that God has given us, and that's our families.
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A man he was to all the country dear,And passing rich with forty pounds a year.
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Home gives you something no other place can... your history. Home is where your history begins.
