Iris Murdoch Quotes
No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.
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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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Pain is never permanent.
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At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still an African society in which the majority of the people and communities live under severe deprivations and afflictions that are no fault of theirs.
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I get that same queasy, nervous, thrilling feeling every time I go to work. That's never worn off since I was 12 years-old with my dad's 8-millimeter movie camera.
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I've made a dozen films in the English language. But then, for love, for my family and friends, I returned to Europe... I annoyingly - looking back - turned down films like 007, 'For Your Eyes Only,' written specially for me.
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No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.
