James Murphy Quotes
For most of my life, making music has cost me money. So I learned to live very, very cheaply.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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I would like to direct.
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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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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
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But I think we need the international market.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff.
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The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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Sometimes you have to make a complete disaster of your life in such an epic way that it will be absolutely clear to you what you've been doing.
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A legalistic commitment to duration can kill one's prayer life.
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I've always felt very comfortable with accents. Once I get an accent, I can do it, and that's just something I've been able to do my whole life.
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Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film.
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Domestic wiretaps, government television cameras blanketing our streets, spy drones by the thousands flying over our heads. It makes you wonder if the very foundation of this great country, which is liberty, is eroding right before our eyes.
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For most of my life, making music has cost me money. So I learned to live very, very cheaply.
