John Murray Quotes
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And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in public schools, and the disparity between public schools and private schools is shameful.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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I have never worried about 'Frontline' becoming an old-fashioned news brand, because we never were.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.
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Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.
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The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years.
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're going to be a critical success. But not everyone who works hard gets it right, or has the success they deserve: there's an element of luck.
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I want people to learn what democracy means.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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People love things about Hollywood. People love to see the inside of what's going on.
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I went to see Dad in hospital after he had gone through one particularly grueling operation. I walked into the room where he was recovering, and he was sitting up in a chair, wearing his shirt and tie. That was after eight hours of surgery. I found that so moving.
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I'd love to go into space again if there were a mission to Mars. I'd also love to go to a completely different planetary system, out of our solar system.
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In the end, the railroads made America and nanotech will make the 21st century, and that is the end of the story. The beginning of the story and the end of the story.
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It's the prerogative of the writer to rewrite the world into one he would like to exist.
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Today we stand on a bridge leading from the territorial state to the world community. Politically, we are still governed by the concept of the territorial state; economically and technically, we live under the auspices of worldwide communications and worldwide markets.
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To the men exposed to his rule Lymond never appeared ill: he was never tired; he was never worried, or pained, or disappointed, or passionately angry. If he rested, he did so alone; if he slept, he took good care to sleep apart. “—I sometimes doubt if he’s human,” said Will, speaking his thought aloud. “It’s probably all done with wheels.
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Optimism is true moral courage.
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Give the people not hell, but hope and courage.
