Bill Murray Quotes
My favorite thing about New York is the people, because I think they're misunderstood. I don't think people realize how kind New York people are.
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I love interesting people with eccentric stories and outsiders of the world.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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Usually when you're working is when people want you to work. They don't want you as much when you're not working. That's the frustrating nature of our business.
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As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
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It really bugs me the way people criticise how actors look. We're not models. Models exist.
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I love talking to people, hearing people's stories; I love honest things.
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Blending tracks and weaving and manipulating prerecorded music to create this mood, some people do it much better than others.
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I learned that the hardest party to pull off successfully is Saturday night dinner. This meal is expected to be elaborate: appetizers, first course, dinner, dessert, and coffee. People arrive at 7:30 or 8 p.m. and stay for hours - definitely past my bedtime - and they all go home exhausted.
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When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
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People realised this is real pollution; it is not fog. Now everyone has to face the data and come out of their comfort zone.
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The misperception about the South is that everybody is racist, and all black people are victims, that what was prevalent in the '60s is only relegated to the South.
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It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'
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There's that stigma about New Yorkers, how they're so mean, but in my experience it was quite the opposite. People were very genuine and very nice, even on the subway.
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I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of all, who would think that Larry the Cable Guy would go to Harlem to play basketball? And I was received like a rock star. It was amazing! There were people everywhere. There were guys walking by yelling, 'Git 'r done!'
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Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
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I'd far rather talk about players. They are the people who make things happen.
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We just need everyone to contribute. We feel like this is a whole new season for us.
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What sustains us in any competition are the moments of interiority when the competition vanishes; what sustains us in any struggle are the moments when we forget the struggle.
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If I had an idea for a genius app, don't you think I would be getting it made immediately?
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My favorite thing about New York is the people, because I think they're misunderstood. I don't think people realize how kind New York people are.
