Nicholas James Murphy (Chet Faker) Quotes
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I always love the quirky stuff, which is why I love 'Childrens Hospital.' That really pushes the envelope of comedy.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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I didn't come from any money, but even when I was on 'Big Love' - people think you're on a series and you're making bank.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance.
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What we did not imagine was a Web of people, but a Web of documents.
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When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.
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I love my camera crews on all my jobs. It's the half of the job that the audience never gets to see. They're integral. They're as much a part of making a movie or television show as I am.
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When we think of Gemini.com, it will be like a Nasdaq for bitcoin.
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Other people’s words are so important. And then without warning they stop being important, along with all those words of yours that their words prompted you to write. Much of the excitement of a new novel lies in the repudiation of the one written before. Other people’s words are the bridge you use to cross from where you were to wherever you’re going.
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Sometimes it's interesting to see something that you're not used to seeing, which is the main ingredient of life, and it's removed from the usual entertainment. I think it's important to give the opportunity to people to witness the life of somebody who was not public.
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I'm interested in the film world; I love being a storyteller.
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In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedom.
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The day you stop clapping at a gig is the day your soul dies.
