Jim Murphy Quotes
When you spend a year or two researching a subject, and you're still fascinated by it, that's a good indicator that what you're doing will appeal to others, as well.
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When I first started writing songs, I never intended on singing. I didn't really consider myself a singer at all. I was just kind of recording the demo vocals as a holding place until someone else came and sang.
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Being spontaneous is a blessing.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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Mandela drafted the M Plan, a simple, commonsense plan for organization on a street basis so that Congress volunteers would be in daily touch with the people, alert to their needs and able to mobilize them.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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I was shocked when 'The Hobbit' ended where it ended. I wasn't paying attention to what they were doing; I didn't know they had another movie, and I couldn't believe it was when the dragon came out.
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Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.
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I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.
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As for hobbies, people with stimulating hobbies suffer from the most noxious of despairs since they are tranquilized in their despair.
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I'm really interested in older women, to be honest, because they have lived a life that I've not yet lived. So I really want to learn from them, and I think culturally we tend to dispose of women once they get to a certain age and they don't look a certain way.
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I guess I'm quite practical. Or at least like to think I am.
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It's hard to give your song away. They're like your kids.
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When you're a fighter, and you're not doing good in your work, that happens - you lost the fight.
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When you spend a year or two researching a subject, and you're still fascinated by it, that's a good indicator that what you're doing will appeal to others, as well.
