W. H. Murray Quotes
The Scottish Himalaya Expedition (1951) The 'Goethe couplet' referred to here is from an extremely loose translation of Faust 214-30 done by John Anster in 1835. Reference:

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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
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I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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I'm kind of lax about hair in general. I stopped shaving my armpits in part to experiment with pheromones, but also because I just didn't feel like shaving them anymore.
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.
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I think Teach for America has suffered from the fact that I did not teach, in a major way. I also think if I had taught, I wouldn't have started Teach for America.
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When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.
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I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there's an entire section where he talks about experiencing segregation. Colin Powell did not appear when he became head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That's not how it happened.
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Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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A sudden intimacy occurs when someone does your hair.
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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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Look, the justice system is made up of people. People have faults. It's not perfect.
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Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.
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The day I was born, my house burnt down; the day I left home, the Twin Towers burnt down; and I lived in a jungle in India at 15.
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James Cotton is a real blues guy, and he played with Muddy Waters, and it surprised me that they would want me to make a record with them, that he called me to do this record. I'd never done anything like that before. But I love blues, so I was very happy.
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The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.
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Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done.
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In their 30s women really start to live... they're not children anymore, and they're not just mothers.
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The Scottish Himalaya Expedition (1951) The 'Goethe couplet' referred to here is from an extremely loose translation of Faust 214-30 done by John Anster in 1835. Reference: