"Come on, Forney.' Novalee, it's a parasite.' But……" — Billie Letts
"Come on, Forney.' Novalee, it's a parasite.' But it's a tradition.' It's a parasite! And you expect people yo stand under it and kiss?' Yes! it's what people do with mistletoe."
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13 Quotes by Billie Letts
Billie Letts has 13 quotes on this site.
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Well, sometimes love seems easy. Like..it's easy to love rain...and hawks. And it's easy to love wild plums...and the moon.…
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...tell them that we have some good in us, too. And the only thing worth living for is the good.…
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And the needles of the pine trees, freshly washed to a deep, rich green, shimmered with droplets that blinked like…
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She always set three alarms for fear that the first employees to arrive would discover her sleeping - a Goldilocks…
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Novalee watched his lips shape the words...the sounds, like whispered secrets, hanging in the air.
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Never act like you want it, darlin'. Act like you wouldn't own it if they paid you. Tell them it's…
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Home is the place that'll catch you when you fall. And we all fall.
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You're dying right now. Right this minute.' He looked at his watch, said, 'Right this second,' then tapped it with…
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You ever think about this? Every year you live, you pass the anniversary of your death. Now you don't know…
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Why does anyone lie? 'Cause we're scared or crazy, maybe just because we're mean. I guess there's a million reason…
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Our lives can change with every breath we take.
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Home gives you something no other place can... your history. Home is where your history begins.
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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.
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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of…
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is…
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We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against…
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Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe…
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In order to win, you must expect to win.
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When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to…
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
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You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations.
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I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.
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To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at…
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