Billy Corgan (William Patrick "Billy" Corgan Jr.) Quotes
To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence.
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Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn't say that.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
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When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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Long-, medium- and short-grain rices differ in the amount and type of starch they have.
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The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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I don't have a process; I just feel it. My book on acting would be very short.
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I look in the mirror expecting to be 34 and see someone who is 58. What's that all about? I haven't even thought about turning 60 yet, but so many of my friends have celebrated it by now that it's lost its terror. And I don't mind being 58; it's just such a surprise when one doesn't feel it at all.
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My wife and I love to read. We're going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our dogs.
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Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.
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Today, with a recording, he can hear the thing enough times until he really gets acquainted with the language, and then he can begin to make an estimate of the intrinsic, aesthetic value of that piece of music.
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When the band begins to get a name for themselves, and the writers get assigned to bands, they'll hit somebody who just doesn't like that kind of music, or they love hip hop but hate guitar rock.
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To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence.
