James Murphy Quotes
When I do a remix, I try to think about what I don't have in my bag and create something to fill that gap.
Quotes to Explore
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The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us.
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Around 2005, the Canadian army tapped me to do a dramatization for a series of foresight workshops they'd done. They had stacks of papers and needed it boiled down to something simple enough for a 4-star general to understand. We decided to do it as a story. That's how I created 'Crisis in Zefra.'
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Football is a team sport and not an individual sport. We win as a team, and every individual is better if we are part of the team.
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When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
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I've had three wives. I've had five weddings.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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I sign on to any project because of the director: because they won't change, and you've got to feel confident that you're in good hands, in their vision.
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I always wonder if my kids will say they're mixed or black.
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I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.
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I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different... and proud to be a Latina. We're not all categorized as one type of person... there's people from everywhere doing different things who have different types of cultures. Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.
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You may not be like everyone else, but that's okay. Be who God made you to be.
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Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
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Cut off the head of the snake
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But, scarce observ'd, the knowing and the boldFall in the gen'ral massacre of gold.
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There is in this world no real delight (excepting those of sensuality), but exchange of ideas in conversation.
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Deplorable mania, when something happens, to inquire what.
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Whatever solace the Christian faith could give was balanced by the anxiety it generated.
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I travel. I do a lot of traveling around the world.
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I think it's fair to say that all of the teams that have been in the playoffs have played very physically.
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If I've had roadblocks along the way for being gay, I'm not aware of them.
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I know who I am. I don't have to brag. I know what I contributed. I know what I did. You think you can do it better? Hey, go right ahead. The stage is yours.
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When I do a remix, I try to think about what I don't have in my bag and create something to fill that gap.
