James Murphy Quotes
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Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks' viewing audience.
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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I got lost but look what I found.
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I'm quite a slow reader. It can take me quite a while to get though a book.
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I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.
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My favourite job hands down - and I think I can speak for everyone involved - was 'Breaking Bad.'
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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I used to eat a whole chicken, every day, for lunch. I did that for four years. But it got tiring - go to the store, buy it, eat it. It's a mess.
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The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.
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When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.
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There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers.
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In any triangle the centre of gravity lies on the straight line joining any angle to the middle point of the opposite side.
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I'm not gonna live my life on one side of an ampersand.
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I think there's kind of a comfortability with me onstage - and I think my cool factor is not having one. I'm not extra cool or extra different.
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I'm actually not a big coffee fan, so I don't drink it that much. I'd rather have a green tea. But I do love to get a white mocha sometimes - it is just a strong order.
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Whatever heaven ordains is best.
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When the opportunity presented itself, I had never been bar mitzvahed. I wasn't going to pass it up.
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I suffer snakes to be killed in the ashram when it is impossible to catch them and put them out of harm's way.
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When I have difficulties, I will not complain.
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I hate striking out, doesn't matter what time of the game. I just don't like striking out.
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I don't have a TV, and I don't have a radio.
