Eddie Murphy Quotes
Being on 'SNL' gives you a unique experience that almost no one else has. It's like Harvard for the comic actor.
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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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If I had a choice, I'd rather be admired less and have my husband tormented less. I'd prefer that people concentrate on a fair assessment of him and his Presidency.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I've never really had a TV career. I've been a soldier and a climber.
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I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
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I began to study martial arts because it was a great form of exercise, and I knew it would help my acting career. Martial arts reminded me of dancing. It has helped me learn fight sequences quicker.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original.
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Do you want to be the guy with a game named after you or be the one with 18 Oscar nominations?
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The gay-rights community had a strategy going in; they thought that they needed to have 30 states with some form of recognition - whether that be marriage, whether it be civil unions - but they wanted to have 30 states signed on before they went to the federal courts.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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Before and after my debut, I've helped out other manga artists from time to time, but I have no experience of being exclusively an assistant. Nor have I done individual or self-published manga.
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Sometimes you might feel like you're not good enough or unique enough, but everyone is! Everyone has different personalities.
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Being on 'SNL' gives you a unique experience that almost no one else has. It's like Harvard for the comic actor.
