Eddie Murphy Quotes
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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
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Truth is the best defense.
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A hundred struggle and drown in the breakers. One discovers the new world. But rather, ten times rather, die in the surf, heralding the way to that new world, than stand idly on the shore.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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I love reading books that can break my heart.
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Intellectually, I am already an old man. But in the sensory area, I am still such a child! I shuffle on my bottom between the two.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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In terms of whether my mom was influential, I think she instilled a certain way of thinking in me quite early: having a reflective mindset regarding my actions and trying to find the underlying reasons to behavior. I think that's quite helpful when you're trying to understand a character.
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I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.
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Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.
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Music has always been around with me.