William Murchison Quotes
... religious insults are considered acceptable even by those who decry slurs about race, ethnicity, and gender. Religious people seem to deserve such treatment.
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A lot of people tell me, 'You are from North; how do you manage to get along in the South?' I don't know what to say to them. I've always felt at home here, and by learning to speak Telugu, my connection with the place has gotten that much stronger.
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Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.
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I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.
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I would like to do something to help people and help the world.
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People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.
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At Tiger Stadium, the dugouts are so low that you walk in and hit your head on the ceiling. People would say, 'Don't feel bad. Ty Cobb did the same thing.'
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Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
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I have so much fun because I love to meet the women who wear my shoes and meet the clients. That, to me, is the best part - getting to know the faces of the people who actually wear my shoes and getting to have a conversation with them.
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
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The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.
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Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
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I think it's important for all culturally literate people to understand the technological substrate of new developments.
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Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.
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I think the whole of people's psychology and where they are in life interests me, and the decisions you make that take you on particular journeys to different places.
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Playing dysfunctional characters or crazy characters is only fun if they're well written. So I have been lucky enough to be asked to play crazy people who are very well written.
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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
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A lot of people have called me the black Bette Midler, and I regard that as a compliment.
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Making people laugh is what I really enjoy.
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The artist spends the first part of his life with the dead, the second with the living, and the third with himself.
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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.
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I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.
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Every other civilized nation in the world has been compelled to care for its forests, and so must we if waste and destruction are not to go on to the bitter end, leaving America as barren as Palestine or Spain.
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... religious insults are considered acceptable even by those who decry slurs about race, ethnicity, and gender. Religious people seem to deserve such treatment.
