Chic Murray (Charles Thomas McKinnon "Chic" Murray) Quotes
My mother was so house proud that when my father got up to sleepwalk she had the bed made by the time he got back.
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I like a little bit of designer, with a bit of vintage and high street mixed in. I love it when you find those one-off key pieces, which end up becoming investment pieces.
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I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don't live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.
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I would like to promote internal change in Iran - which is more likely if we don't fuse Iranian nationalism with Iranian fundamentalism.
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When girls feel bad about their looks, 60 percent avoid normal daily activities like raising their hand in class or even going to the doctor. That means that girls do not show up for life when they don't feel good enough or pretty enough. A role model can help girls see beauty as a source of confidence, not anxiety.
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We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.
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Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers here who are the most sophisticated commentators, but they're not asked. Like Don DeLillo, who sort of forecast most of the modern world before it happened.
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Once companies begin to outsource, they never go back.
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I like - I love calculus. I love linear algebra, probability and statistics, that kind of stuff. I just really like that.
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Girls always make our music go. They set the trends. It starts with the ladies.
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I've always been passionate about acting. I haven't been passionate about being famous.
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If there was anyone primed to raise their kids feminist, it was me. My parents treated me no differently from my brother. I was raised to believe I was capable of doing anything I set my mind to.
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Costume design allows you to do a different type of research and create characters, whereas in fashion, you create an image and clothing for the masses.
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The press is like a big bass, you just stick a hook in their mouth and they'll take it.
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My late father Rev. James Thomas McGlowan was the inspiration behind 'Bamboozled.' My father admired Frederick Douglass' courage and his bravery in the face of adversity.
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I was a terrible athlete and a pretty bad student. I couldn't focus. My imagination was always racing.
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My father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.
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People who are living in economic struggle are more than their circumstances. They're majestic and creative and beautiful.
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My mother was so house proud that when my father got up to sleepwalk she had the bed made by the time he got back.
