Billy Joel Quotes
Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood.
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During the Cold War, we were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to war. We were scared that Russia was going to take over the world. Every country became a battleground.
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I have blood from Dutch and Norwegian.
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I like to be comfortable, and don't like to be cold, and I don't like to wear anything I'm not in the mood for.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.
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I had two jobs coming out of school: I did a play, 'The Great White Hope.' I played the boxer Jack Johnson. And I was the lead in this indie film. Then I moved to Los Angeles because New York was cold and it was really too quiet for me at that time. I was out of school; I was hungry. The auditions were trickling in, and I was antsy and ready to go.
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World War II and the ensuing Cold War compelled the United States to develop a sustained commitment to Western Europe and the Far East.
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'Cold Case' was fun. It was a fun experience. That was right when I was cutting my teeth as a TV actor. It was a great learning experience to work on really fast-paced television shows that are very high quality. It was a place where I learned that I had to keep up and I could keep up.
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I don't need power at the cost of spilled blood.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.
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The Sino-American competition involves two significant realities that distinguish it from the Cold War: neither party is excessively ideological in its orientation; and both parties recognize that they really need mutual accommodation.
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I say to you that the price of liberty is and always has been blood, human blood, and if our liberties are lost, we shall never regain them except at the price of blood. They must not be lost.
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Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.
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If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
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My favorite days were when I had a cold and could stay home from school and draw all day long.
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Then I heard another shot which hit him right in the head, over here, and his head practically opened up and a lot of blood and many more things came out.
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The perfect antidote to dark, cold and creepy is light, warm and cozy.
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In some ways, the '60s were a reaction to the '50s and the intensity of the Cold War.
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The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.
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Heaven is a state of mind, not a location, since Spirit is everywhere and in everything.
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The best stories in our culture have some sort of subversiveness - Mark Twain, 'Catcher in the Rye.' You provide kids with great stories and teach them how to use the tools to make their own.
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I wake to a darkness in which I must follow myself endlessly, hating the I who so eternally pursues and confronts me. If we could rise from our misery, seek each other once more, and find again the solace of each other’s lips and eyes.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood.
