James Murphy Quotes
Warhol had resonance because it was high art and low art. And you could argue about it endlessly.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good things on the horizon.
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Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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I put Tabasco sauce over everything. Or I put it on pretty much anything that wouldn't taste gross - I mean, I wouldn't put it on salad, but I like it on fried chicken, nachos... a lot of stuff.
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When you've been on a programme called 'An Idiot Abroad' job offers aren't exactly flying in.
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Sometimes, especially when it's cold, I get dry skin, so I scratch a lot. I scratch my arms incessantly.
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
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My sole focus is to help bring a World Cup back to the U.S.
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I feel like there's such a responsibility, when you make a film, to enlighten people, to make them think, to make them laugh, or even just to be entertaining.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face.
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Lovers should also have their days off.
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All women have insecurities and bad times. What counts is how you overcome them.
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I grew up in Hawaii and I think it was easier because we did not have cliques at high school.
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Art is a tool by which society extends its perception.
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I had stage fright for years and years, and I could hear it in my singing. But since I've done it so often for so many years, you'd think that I'd relax a little bit, and I think that I have.
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I think that's why I was able to do well in the beginning: because it was such a foreign thing. People frame it in a negative way, like, 'For Asian-Americans there's no one out there, so that must be really bad for you.' No, I benefited from it.
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Warhol had resonance because it was high art and low art. And you could argue about it endlessly.
