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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I will only say that many freedom fighters of India found their calling in the institutions of Britain. And many makers of modern India, including several of my distinguished predecessors, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Dr. Manmohan Singh, passed through their doors.
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There's so much to learn about acting and performance in general... I mean, acting is a very complex art, and there are a lot more theories and methods and techniques to it than I think anybody would think.
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When people start writing there is this idea that you have to get everything right first time, every sentence has to be perfect, every paragraph has to be perfect, every chapter has to be perfect, but what you're doing is not any kind of public show, until you're ready for it.
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Try everything with an open heart, looking to fall in love.
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I love bunt plays. I love the idea of the bunt. I love the idea of the sacrifice. Even the word is good. Giving yourself up for the good of the whole.
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I've always been a good imitator. I love music. But I'm just not that original.
