Frank Murphy Quotes
The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free.
Quotes to Explore
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
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My mother is the sort of woman who not only can raise a chicken and roast it to moist perfection but, as she proved to my openmouthed sister and me on a family holiday to Morocco when we were very young, can barter for one in a market, kill it, pluck it, and then cook it to perfection.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race.
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I don't think you can judge something without seeing it.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I try not to eat too many raw vegetables. I only have one raw meal a day. At night I eat warm, cooked foods. I like to drink lots of tea, but no coffee. Not drinking coffee has changed my game for the better.
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If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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People's lives change dramatically over such a long time period, and I think that if you're still vital, and you're still interested in writing and things like that, of course your music evolves and reflects where you are in your life.
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Then after I saw the scoreboard that we were tied, I was really happy, because I really wanted to win.
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I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.
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Graphic novels let you take risks that just wouldn't fly in the conventional book form.
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What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind. Music is love itself - it is the purest, most ethereal language of passion, showing in a thousand ways all possible changes of color and feeling; and though true in only a single instance, it yet can be understood by thousands of men - who all feel differently.
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Having children is not for everyone, but I think it's a beautiful lesson in it not being all about me anymore. It's a relief, in a way. It's like, this is her story now, and I'm her mom. It's a nice shift.
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Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free.
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I wanted out of my pain and that silliness, but I wanted an easy out. That's before realizing that there is no easy out. Before accepting that you just have to do the work.
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You get one life. And if you make the mistake of choosing a profession that doesn't enrich anybody but you, you wont even live that one
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The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free.
