Jim Murphy Quotes
We will never know exactly how many women disguised themselves as men and fought in the Civil War. At the close of the hostilities, it was estimated that approximately 400 women had managed to enlist, but this number is almost certainly too low.
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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I remember when I was little, much younger than I was when I started modeling, people always said, 'Oh, you should be a model.' But I didn't like people telling me what to do... But I didn't plan to transform into an actress, either. It just happened.
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Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.
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I've always dreamed of having a large family.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
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Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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Fantasy was something I'd read as a child. And, in fact, my teachers despaired a little bit because I refused to give up Enid Blyton. Then I walked through the wardrobe with C. S. Lewis, and I don't think I actually have returned fully from the wardrobe. So, fantasy was something that was in my life from quite young.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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I became interested in educating people in the variety of ways in which women can express their emotion. Which is much easier to do in a large role than in a supporting role to a male protagonist. In general, the women in a supporting role to a male protagonist - cry a lot.
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No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
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The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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You don't get second chances in the real world.
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The trouble with 'sacrifices as symbolic acts' is that the immediate impact on those for whom the sacrifice is made quickly fades, while the impact on those who actually make the sacrifice can go on and on.
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Thou canst not speak of what thou dost not feel.
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God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.
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'This Means War' is up there with 'Hail to the King' in terms of crowd reaction and kids chanting for it.
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Having a boy play a girl (and when I say 'play a girl' I don't mean that he is represented as a girl, because he is represented as a young man) is complicated. He knows he's looking at photographs of a girl and copying those poses. So the audience sees him as a man, but he can only see himself as a woman, because that's the model he's looking at. It was a really interesting exchange.
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We will never know exactly how many women disguised themselves as men and fought in the Civil War. At the close of the hostilities, it was estimated that approximately 400 women had managed to enlist, but this number is almost certainly too low.
