James Murphy Quotes
To me, the band is like one of my homes, in fact. It's not like, 'I've got to get out of this band. I've got to go home.' This band is home in a lot of ways. It's my closest friends; it's a place where I really feel comfortable and happy.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory farming and greed.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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You do not have to dramatize everything. In fact, you usually can't, not without ending up with a half-million-word novel.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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Everybody dresses like a teenager. Everybody dyes their hair. Everybody is concerned about a smooth face.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Habits change into character.
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I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up, or at least a singer/songwriter.
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Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile.
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I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
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Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting.
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If it's a close election, then it's better for the Supreme Court to pick the president, whether or not he won the election. It's just insane on its face.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret, Julian Assange's judgment has been pretty good so far.
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I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other.
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My mother was an unbeliever - and still is. My father was a nominal Catholic. We would go in to church at the last minute before the gospel reading, take Communion, and walk right out again.
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When I went to shows with my friends, it was all about the experience with my friends. If I met the band, it was cool. But it was more about talking about the memories of the show with my friends.
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I'm happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends... it really doesn't matter what we do.
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I had my own musical ideas that Mick helped me with as well.
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To me, the band is like one of my homes, in fact. It's not like, 'I've got to get out of this band. I've got to go home.' This band is home in a lot of ways. It's my closest friends; it's a place where I really feel comfortable and happy.
