Billy Childish Quotes

We are not actually in charge of life, yet behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor.

Billy Childish

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 1, 1959

Topics

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One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I've always wanted to make 'Swamp Thing.' I like 'Swamp Thing.' I think it's a good idea, and I thought it would be a good venue for a 3-D movie, but there were rights issues with 'Swamp Thing.'

Joel Silver

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I came from a good, repressed Catholic background.

Robert Michael Morris

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Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less in common with the lone wolf patriot standing up to dystopic forces of oppression - a myth - and more in common with the disease known as cancer - a harsh reality.

Steven Weber

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I've done a lot of drama, and as a lifestyle, going to work and laughing every day is just great. It's great for your mental health, and it's great for setting up a nice year.

Rose McIver

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The most important thing for me is to have real friendship between Egyptians and Americans.

Mohammed Morsi

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I think the oldest comic I got when I was a kid was an issue of 'World's Finest' - it had a Neal Adams cover with Batman where he had turned into a bat, and he was attacking Superman.

Jason Aaron

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I think Bush's immigration proposal is treason and he should be impeached.

Peter Brimelow

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Very early in my career, I thought I had to conform to one style of leadership - lead by being the loudest one in the room, with the sharpest elbows.

Peggy Johnson

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'Presumed Innocent' was written over a six to seven year period with intervals in between where I was figuring out the end of the book and writing other stuff... My life as a writer was carried on against the odds. I had written four unpublished novels by then... as a writer of fiction, I hadn't gotten very far. I just wanted to do it.

Scott Turow

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I loved American universities. In many ways, they are better organized - certainly than French universities.

Thomas Piketty

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I am absolutely convinced that Florida will become the most exciting place in the world to live and work.

Rick Scott

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