Billy Kennedy Quotes
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Other families who are poor do what they can to get out of it. My mother did not. She did not utilise her resources. She had a degree. There was something she could have done, but she actively, purposely refused that so we could have this absolutely authentic experience of the worst of capitalism: 'See? Look how bad capitalism is.'
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.
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I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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I've always had a thing for old movies, old Hollywood. I've always just loved watching Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo. In all of those old movies from the '40s and '50s, women put themselves together so well, with a little bit of drama and elegance. That was fascinating to me growing up.
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You can be born with the talent to be an opera star, but you've got to work and practice it.
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There's the same percentage of genius happening in both genders, but there's less women writing scripts and out there looking for the job.
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I like writing for teenagers because they're not snobs.
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I have this complex that if I walk into a place wearing a colorful shirt someone will stop me and say, 'I'm sorry, but the Latin band comes through the other door.'
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I am thankful to whatever I have got in my life, but one thing which is always at the back of my mind is my dance academy. I would love to see my dance academy growing.
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I thrive with fashion and shopping and imports and things like that. It gives me a rush. I love Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus and all the top-of-the-line houses.
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Trump's biggest failure as a political leader is that he sees the worst in people, and he encourages the worst in people.
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Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
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I loved that it was about human relationships and then it was a mystery without falling into the trap of a thriller per se, because it pulled you in through people rather than through events or effects.
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But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend.
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I think fiction writers should work. If you have a job and are not living off advances or grants, you never have to make concessions in your writing, ever.
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If your vision of the world is of a certain kind you will put poetry in everything, necessarily.
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I'd rather die than go to heaven.
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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
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Social media has a way of revealing someone and can be very telling.
