Billy Joel Quotes
And so my child and I came to this place to meet him eye to eye and face to face. He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced. We never knew what friends we had, until we came to Leningrad.
Quotes to Explore
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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People take things so seriously.
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths - many have had a difficult, chaotic path.
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
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You create your own material to try to get it out there because a lot of people are multi-hyphenates, to use the corporate term. You're creating stuff to be in in order to showcase all your talents. I think the idea of using YouTube and the Internet, you don't have to wait around for a network to buy your show.
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More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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There's a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that's being done.
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I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.
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I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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In '82 and '83, that was the rise of the VCR. Every Friday, my brother and I would go to Crazy Eddie's - which was a video store in Manhattan - and rent five horror movies. And that's basically what we did, basically, for three years. Becoming social misfits.
Colson Whitehead -
In cycling, you just race. When you get to the finish, you see the result.
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I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.
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You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.
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Clothes are expensive. You have to buy them, and to buy them, you have to believe in them.
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And so my child and I came to this place to meet him eye to eye and face to face. He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced. We never knew what friends we had, until we came to Leningrad.
