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 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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On The Practice, I get to do what I love to do, and I am making a contribution that will, in the end, help raise social consciousness, dispel some of the myths about being large, and change the way that people view and interact with large people.
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My feeling on therapy is it's a luxury, and if you're fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about life, then that's fortunate and you should go for it.
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We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.
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I was out once and had wine and I got sick to my stomach, and I vowed I would never drink again.
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I always dress scruffily, but at weekends I live in muddy Wellies.
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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.
