Iris Murdoch Quotes
No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.
Quotes to Explore
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding.
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Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.
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History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to vote is impossible without an understanding of the past.
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There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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I remain fascinated by where you go as a woman once you are a mother, and if you ever come back.
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Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.
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I try to live holistically and avoid conventional medicine.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.
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There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
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The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.
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These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
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It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.
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Life is a magic vase filled to the brim, so made that you cannot dip from it nor draw from it; but it overflows into the hand that drops treasures into it. Drop in malice and it overflows hate; drop in charity and it overflows love.
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I'm not a vegan - especially when it comes to protein quality. I stick with the traditional proteins.
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No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.
