Billy Dee Williams Quotes

I think of film when I paint. Even the luminosity that I always keep working for is really about film. But my idea is not to paint paintings that will decorate somebody's house.

Billy Dee Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 6, 1937

Topics

ThinkHouseWillAlwaysPaintFilm

I wasn't brought up with any religion at all. At school and in my early 20s, I read every religious text I could get my hands on - Buddhist scriptures, Hindu texts, the Qur'an, and the Bible. I wanted to feel like something made sense to me, that there was something sacred I could feel aligned with.

Jennifer Connelly

ReligionSchoolMeBibleFeelHands

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally.

John Grisham

LawyerPrisonClientsMy OwnFault

The real breeders of discontent and alien doctrines of government and philosophies subversive of good citizenship are such as these who take the law into their own hands.

John L. Lewis

GoodGovernmentLawHandsAlienOwn

Even though, theoretically, being a composer and being a songwriter are the same thing, in my brain, they are completely different. When I am in my composing mode, I go into my studio and turn that part of my brain on like a faucet. And when I finish, I turn it off. But with songwriting, that process is much more elusive.

Michael Bacon

I AmBrainProcessGoSongwriting

I'm very physical. It's an important part of being a woman - feeling good about yourself and really being in tune with your personality.

Summer Glau

GoodPersonalityWomanYourselfYour

In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time.

Tom Hooper

TimeMomentPatriotismFightKing

I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure.

Ron Perlman

FailureMyselfBecomeRealAware

I'm not your expert on Africa or animals or whatever. I'm not a travel writer or maker of documentaries. I was someone who doesn't know very much, trying to communicate.

Michael Palin

TravelSomeoneTryingKnowAfrica

English, unlike Hebrew, is read from left to right - as are clocks. The concepts of clockwise and counterclockwise are universal, irrespective of alphabet.

Joshua Cohen

RightLeftConceptsEnglishAlphabet

Any brand that attempts to live off a retro appeal is only going through a short second life cycle.

Christie Hefner

LifeLiveBrandShortRetroGoing

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Confucius

GoalsWisdomActionAdjustSteps

Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.

Bruno Mars

MusicScienceYouUpKeepStuff

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