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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Intelligent, successful, attractive people can be intimidating. They force us to hold a mirror to ourselves; we can be disappointed, jealous or inspired toward personal growth.
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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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The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on July 15, 1865, the sixth in a family of seven. He was an ugly child, and remained ugly till his eighteenth year, when his looks gradually improved.
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To suggest the President of the United States and the head of the free world - the man who is changing the world - is being manipulated by Mitch McConnell is insulting to the president; it's absolutely insulting.
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As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?'
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I was not the one to invent lies: they were created in a society divided by class and each of us inherited lies when we were born. It is not by refusing to lie that we will abolish lies: it is by eradicating class by any means necessary.
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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.
