Murray Kempton Quotes
Men very seldom change, try though we will, beneath the shifts of exterior doctrine, our hearts so often remain what they were.
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The U.S. won the majors 29-11 in the 1980s. That's when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus were carrying the ball, and when Seve Ballesteros was becoming a Brit in the minds of English and Scottish journalists.
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
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People resent movies that try to tell them exactly what to feel.
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The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.
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And I think I have a distinct voice.
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High school golf, college golf and the decade that followed all come back to me now as one big raucous, goofy gangsome.
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Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.
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I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.
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Only when the true ends of society have nothing to do with the sublime does 'culture' become necessary as a veneer to cover over the void. Culture can at best appreciate the monuments of earlier faith; it cannot produce them.
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I think it's just a nerve-wracking thing to sing in a movie in general.
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I personally have a background of many days on end of confusion, understimulation, overstimulation, and uncomfortableness with the world around me.
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My dad always told me, 'I don't care what you do. Just aim to be the best at it. Even if it's the world's best window cleaner.'
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I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.
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I didn't even listen to any music until I was 19, really. I just wanted to be famous. But I didn't say it to anyone because I was really embarrassed at the thought.
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At this moment I do not have a personal relationship with a computer.
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That Evan Dunham fight, I went back to not being serious. I was going to the lake and literally brought some wrestling mats down with me. We have a shop at the lake where we park the boat. I'd throw the mats in there, wakeboard all day, and train all night. I was having a good time, getting back to work.
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Don't go around asking the question, 'Is this character likeable?' and expect that to be compatible with serious literary endeavours. That's not what it's about.
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I've always questioned the way dancers, myself included, must do the same role year in and year out. It's important for me to be able to say to myself, 'O.K., I don't want to be a prince anymore. I want to put on a leather jockstrap and pose.'
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Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you can extend your lifespan considerably.
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Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.
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One forgets the fear of heights when one cannot fall
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I think my new iPhone 5S is broken. I pressed the home button and I'm still at work
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Men very seldom change, try though we will, beneath the shifts of exterior doctrine, our hearts so often remain what they were.
