Iris Murdoch Quotes
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Everyone is doing forensics.
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The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.
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From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation.
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I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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But Eraserhead was the first real intense kind of thing I had ever done before the cameras and Lynch had to really bring me down a lot and he still does.
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I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed.
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I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?
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Be candid with everyone.
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I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want.
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Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country.
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Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified.
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When regulations on the housing industry are reasonable, the cost of housing goes down. Regulatory relief is needed to make housing more affordable to more Americans.
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We are now in the 21st century: all books, including the Koran, should be fair game for flushing down the toilet without fear of violent reprisal.
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More and more parents and voters have rejected the teachers' union antiquated, top down, one-size-fits-all approach to education and continue to elect candidates who embrace reform that celebrates students and empowers parents.
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In Europe and Sweden, we see boobs on TV, and it's not a big deal. Everyone has them; everyone has seen them.
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The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched.
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Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.
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I'm not the type of person who thinks up a joke and has to tell everyone.
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You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it.
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There's something insane about this business - about the cycle of making albums and going on tour to promote them.
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I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.
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I can only stand to sit in front of my computer for three or four hours a day. Otherwise it can get really soul-sucking.
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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
