Iris Murdoch Quotes
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I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.
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You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't be pigeonholed.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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Almost anything worth doing involves some measure of risk - from learning to ride a bike, moving to a new city, and certainly, starting your own business. The point is that no one has ever started a business or created a new product with a guarantee of success.
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I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.
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There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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With sitcom writing, you're trying to write stories.
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You can't always be the jokester and the doormat.
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Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?
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Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.
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I compete in a sport on an individual basis, but I have never done it for me.
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In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.
