James Murphy Quotes
I never did albums fully at DFA; I always would go someplace else so I wasn't making a record in my office, basically.
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It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.
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I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
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I'm a mum, so my wardrobe consists of sweaters and jeans. As long as I don't leave the house forgetting my jeans, I count that as a fashion success.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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I no longer get into stupid thought wormholes about identity and stuff. At one time, I did have some impostor syndrome about acting, but then I remembered I've been doing this since I was little, actually.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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I think it's interesting: What is the generational effect of the experience of being a gay person in America? For my generation, it was very difficult.
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The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.
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I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound.
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I would go home and be this insular girl who listened to music and brooded in her bedroom.
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I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
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I still don't get golf.
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I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.
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His hips felt as if an army of mad acupuncturists had been driving hot needles into them.
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Italy is definitely where I feel most at home, or alternatively, living in total wilderness, in the bush in Australia.
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The principal sources of human misery may fairly be said to lie in the over-possession, under-possession, and the unwise use of economic goods.
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The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.
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I had both my children at home. It came naturally to me.
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I've tried lots with my hair. Obviously I used to have it as a number one all over, super easy, but then I started to grow it out. I had an afro and then I got rid of the sides.
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I never did albums fully at DFA; I always would go someplace else so I wasn't making a record in my office, basically.
