Peter Billingsley Quotes

When you're involved in those big-budget movies, there's a lot of hype: 'Oh this is gonna be a big hit!' And 'A Christmas Story' wasn't. It came and went and was a big disappointment at the box office.

Peter Billingsley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 16, 1971

Topics

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When I grew up, the Devil was a reason why I had a headache or the Devil was the reason I got mad today. We always blamed the Devil. I think today when I say the Enemy, I like to make it broader. Sometimes the Enemy can be our own thoughts.

Joel Osteen

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It's hard recommending books for kids, and a huge responsibility. If you get it wrong, they don't tell you they hate that particular book, they tell you they hate reading.

Meg Rosoff

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I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.

Amos Oz

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I was a graduate student at Oxford when I discovered Georgiana.

Amanda Foreman

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Crime fiction is a way of satisfying that nosy need to know.

Sophie Hannah

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The minute you start making calculations about what people will think of you as a person based on your work as an actor, you're on the road to becoming a bad one.

Rob Lowe

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I love singing for films because there is a story to the song; it takes you down a new road.

Mohit Chauhan

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Because of her interest and demands, I amplified an average baritone voice into one that is loud and clear.

Johnny Olson

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Life is supposed to be about love and good times, and so I've forgiven myself after paying the consequences of my bad decisions, and I'm ready to move forward and allow my life to be a light to others that it's never over, even for a person like me, who has lost a tremendous amount of respect among my peers, my fans, my friends and family.

Jon Jones

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There's a real difference now in what you can get out of film and the rise of digital platforms.

Dean Devlin

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We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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I think everyone born in Oregon is an environmentalist by birth.

Phil Knight

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