Chic Murray (Charles Thomas McKinnon "Chic" Murray) Quotes
I admit to spending a fortune on women, booze and gambling... the rest I spend foolishly.
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I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.
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Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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When you assume negative intent, you're angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response.
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As a writer, a blank page will humble the hell out of you. It always does, and it always will.
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I use debit cards for everyday purchases, as I don't believe in credit cards. But this has caused problems, especially with American touring, because I refuse to have a credit card - and in America you can't pay for anything on a debit card.
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I am not the kind of director who sits in a chair smoking a cigar talking with a microphone to 10 assistants. I need to move. To touch. To put a painting on a wall. To arrange a set.
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In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.
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When my daughter wanted a toy and I had to check the price of it before buying it - that was one of the worst feelings.
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The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.
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I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No matter if it's candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, you're satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.
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You can't take good health for granted.
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There's a lot of things I want to do. I want to learn Italian. I want to learn to play tennis better. I want to motivate the world, basically.
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Superheroes don't often get their powers in one fell swoop. It's like superhero puberty.
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When I was younger, I was able to write with music playing in the background, but these days, I can't. I find it distracting. Even when the music is just instrumental or has lyrics in a language I don't understand, the clash between the voices in my head and the song can be very disorienting.
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It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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'That man is … odd,' I dared say to William.'He is, or has been, in many ways a great man. But for this very reason he is odd. It is only petty men who seem normal.'
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Slow and steady wins the race, then wastes no time grinding salt-caked glass in your open wounds.
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The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to be a white guy who's the savior.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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Americans are in need of very objective information, and sometimes it's easier to absorb the message through entertainment and through a great story than through the news outlets where everything is sensationalized. Not only are you getting information that sort of defies stereotypes, but you're also getting a wonderful story with hopefully good performances.
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I admit to spending a fortune on women, booze and gambling... the rest I spend foolishly.
