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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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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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 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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Mothers need mothers. Let's be there for one another.
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There is no rule in the pink-triangle guide to coming out that you must wear a rainbow flag cap and organise a full band parade.
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Acting had become something I did and did well - but didn't particularly enjoy.
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That's what I always wanted Man Repeller to do - to change the way people actually think. Showing young girls that there are no rules.
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We have long become overgrown with calluses; we no longer hear people being killed.
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Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
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Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing.
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I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.
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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.
