Nicholas James Murphy (Chet Faker) Quotes
I would consider my diary serves the same purpose as going for a walk or a run. They are all physical ways of clearing a mental landscape.
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Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Honestly, since the Diane Sawyer piece, every day it's like, it's exciting to go to the mailbox... Because I get letters every day from all of these people from all over the world.
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I have one friend that I've had since I was born, and she's from Coatzacoalcos. She's not really impressed or interested in the actor's life. My family isn't really either.
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There's been a couple of guys who have gotten me. I used to say Adrian Gonzalez. He's a good lefty hitter; he's hit a few home runs off of me. They were a couple of mistakes, so if you make your pitches, you're more likely to have a better outcome.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.
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My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
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Some people remaster their records six, seven times, remix it three, four times, spend a million hours, then they always go back and hear a demo of it and they'll say, 'Aw that sounds so much better than the final mix.'
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I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.
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Even Gaddafi's adversaries assure us that he stood out for his intelligence as a student; he was expelled from high-school for his anti-monarchic activities. He managed to enroll in another high-school and later graduated in law at the University of Benghazi at the age of 21.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
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Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.
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I would describe myself as having a healthy income, but I sure wouldn't describe the son of a postmaster and an encyclopedia saleswoman as upper class, by any stretch of the imagination. I would describe myself as decidedly middle class. I think I'm extremely fortunate.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan has actually started using a phrase lately - 'Raise our gaze.' He's exactly right, too. That's what I'd like to see in a presidential candidate. I don't like the bricks being thrown back and forth. That's not inspiring to me and to most of our electorate, I think.
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Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
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When you're an artist, you're working, literally, for the sole purpose of art, and when people discredit you, it's probably the most disrespectful thing you can do.
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I would consider my diary serves the same purpose as going for a walk or a run. They are all physical ways of clearing a mental landscape.
