Alexi Murdoch Quotes
What's wrong with creative block? Might it not just be that periods - even extended ones - of productive hiatus are essential mechanisms of gestation designed to help us attain higher standards in our pursuit of creative excellence?
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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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I went to Floridita on Wardour Street when I was 18. All I could afford was pumpkin soup and a glass of champagne, but it was worth it.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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Thankfully, President Obama has stood firmly behind women's health care issues by supporting coverage for contraception and reaffirming commitment to organizations like Planned Parenthood.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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Sorry, no, I'm never satisfied with my drumming.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all.
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I've been an actress for years, and I've worked with one female director. Statistically it's less than 7% or 12% - I mean, it's low, not representative. So, hopefully, more women will be given opportunities to direct, or create opportunities to direct themselves.
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China's own recent history proves that when it opens itself, there is nothing its people cannot accomplish. A more open China will lead to a more prosperous and stable China. That's good for China, the United States and, indeed, the entire world.
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I'm a very ambitious person. I've been like this from a very young age. As early as 12 years old, I used to have panic attacks because I needed to know my life plan.
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Honesty is wonderful, but I suspect it's also overrated.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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Charity is very difficult to do right. Thinking through what people need: You can't start a charity without that. It's like starting a business without the product.
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There are designers who say, 'Oh! I see wallpaper and blue carpet.' I usually start by knocking down walls. 'You thought you just needed some new drapes? Well, guess what: That wall's gotta go.'
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If we had to pose for every single person at the Eat & Greets, we wouldn't get to speak to anyone that's there, and we definitely wouldn't get to serve them food.
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With their tinted windows up, the cars of the rich go like dark eggs down the roads of Delhi. Every now and then an egg will crack open—a woman’s hand, dazzling with gold bangles, stretches out an open window, flings an empty mineral water bottle onto the road—and then the window goes up, and the egg is resealed.
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Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena.
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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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If only the weather would improve, there'd be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.
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For example, the wind has its reasons. We just don't notice as we go about our lives. But then, at some point, we are made to notice. The wind envelops you with a certain purpose in mind, and it rocks you. The wind knows everything that's inside you. And not just the wind. Everything, including a stone. They all know us very well. From top to bottom. It only occurs to us at certain times. And all we can do is go with those things. As we take them in, we survive, and deepen.
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What's wrong with creative block? Might it not just be that periods - even extended ones - of productive hiatus are essential mechanisms of gestation designed to help us attain higher standards in our pursuit of creative excellence?
