George Murray Quotes
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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As chief elections officer, it's my job to protect the integrity of the ballot.
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I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.
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When I went into the Montreal Games, nobody expected much out of me.
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Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
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I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don't write anymore because it's just harder in English.
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People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
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If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.
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In the calculus of western interests, there is no suffering, whatever its scale, which cannot be justified. Chechens, Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis are of little importance.
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I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
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I've always been torn between the pure and the social sciences.
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The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.
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I love to eat. If I could eat everything in the world and still be healthy or wouldn't catch a heart attack or stroke, I'd eat everything. I just can't. So I got to watch my health and take care of my family.
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Opposition to abortion was one of the ways the Christian right was brought into the Republican Party by conservatives hoping to move the party further right. Now, of course, the tail is wagging the dog.
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When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.
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It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.
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It needs to be said and heard: it's OK to be who you are.
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I often think of Audre Lorde and her saying that we don't live and we don't fight for one specific struggle.
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I am a very physical actor. I generally use my hands a lot.
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Martial arts just normally would not draw me to the box office.
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And that works for me. So that if this is it, you better take it at its right proportion. That there are serious things, but most things are temporal and ephemeral, and you should cultivate that attitude. That joy and love and all the verities are what counts. So I try not to take too many things seriously, and if I find myself caught up in the seriousness of the moment, within a period of time, I'm able to cajole myself out of it.
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The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming.
