Eddie Murphy Quotes
I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.
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I honestly can't describe what goes on in my head when I'm out there. People who don't wrestle can't possibly understand it. When I'm in the ring, I don't feel any pain. I'm in another world out there.
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Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
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There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?'
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Dumped? Fired? Scorned? Humiliated? Totally pissed off? If so, I've got great news! You might be on your way to living your best life ever - if you consciously choose to channel this pain into fuel - and use it to motivate yourself to become your highest potential self!
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First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
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I realize that things happen for a reason.
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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
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In international relations, you don't base your work on hope.
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If you don't see something as a career but as an important part of your life, you don't know how you're going to feel about it.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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Any of the rewards or accolades or any of that are very nice and everything but the music is what saves me. And it did. I would write my way out of any kind of depressing period.
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As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.
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It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound now.
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People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
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I collect fantasy swords, replicas from films, and have them displayed on the wall as you go up the stairs.
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I like a set to be a happy place, where people can feel free to experiment.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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When food prices surge, poor families suddenly find themselves unable to afford enough nutritious food. If this happens during the first thousand days of a child's life, the damage to his or her body and mind can be permanent.
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The idea that murder victims' families are best served by continuing the cycle of violence is something that I consider to be not only a lie, but criminally negligent. You lie to victims' families when you tell them they're going to receive closure if they participate in the process and witness the execution of a human being.
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I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.
