Charles A. Murray (Charles Alan Murray) Quotes
People need self-respect, but self-respect must be earned - it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned - and the only way to earn anything is to achieve it in the face of the possibility of failing.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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The muses visit when I'm lonely.
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Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.
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Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'
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'Castle' isn't really affected emotionally by murder. He's thrilled about, 'Oh, my God, I wonder how this happened?'
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I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn't around and he didn't have many friends. I spent a lot of time with him in his later days.
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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.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.
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Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
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Pretty much everyday, there's a moment where I'm having to pinch myself and think, 'When did this happen to my life?'
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I didn't want to just be another girl singer. I wanted there to be something that set me apart.
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Man must not be turned into a chicken or a rat as in the well-known experiments in which elation is induced electrically through electrodes inserted into the brain. Related to this is the question of the ever-increasing use of tranquilizers and anti-depressants, legal and illegal narcotics, and so forth.
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I think we should all have a private audience with Helen Mirren.
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I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.
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I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.
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I think my viewers want smart, honest programming. They don't want to be told what makes them feel good.
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It's certainly more interesting for me as an actor, but I think it's also more interesting for the audience to see three-dimensional characters, rather than just a bad guy or a good guy.
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Nobody has to give me permission to write.
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However in countries outside of Japan I think game music is still a potential growth market that has not yet developed to the extent that we are seeing in Japan.
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People need self-respect, but self-respect must be earned - it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned - and the only way to earn anything is to achieve it in the face of the possibility of failing.
