James Murphy Quotes
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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A novel is not a rant.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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Whenever I have even a spare second, I'm in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cookies. I make a mean batch of chocolate chippers.
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Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
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Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.
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I really try to take care of myself. I really put forth the effort to make a regimen just a part of my life. When I can't, for instance if I'm in a location someplace and I can't work out because of the schedule of the picture or whatever it is, as much as I normally do when I'm home, I still do something.
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God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.
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But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973.
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I see couples fighting about the stupidest things. You just have to rise above everything.
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I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.
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My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!
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I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas.
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Boxing is the sweet science. You hit and not get hit. There's no reward for you to hit me more than I hit you other than on the scorecards.
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You start singing by singing what you hear. So everyone, when they first start singing, they naturally are singing like whatever they're hearing, because that's the only way you learned how to sing. So when I was growing up on Lauryn Hill, when I started singing her songs, I literally trained my voice to be able to do runs.
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When I'm not acting, I'm at the beach. I like to spend a lot of time in the water, surfing.
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I hate thinking about writer's block! I don't have writer's block much, knock on wood, but if I do, I think it's usually because I haven't done enough research and am therefore unable to create a fully realized world.
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I've always been a good imitator. I love music. But I'm just not that original.
