Chic Murray (Charles Thomas McKinnon "Chic" Murray) Quotes
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I love to cook. I could never give that up.
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I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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In an art school it's very hard to tell who is the best.
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I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.
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'Are 'Friends' Electric?' was two songs: the verse part and the talking part. Two different songs I couldn't finish. One day I was playing the main verse part of 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and after a few minutes I got frustrated, as normal, then started to play the other song, and realized they went together.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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Most of my stuff hasn't gone viral. I have been successful on YouTube and I'm very proud of the stuff that I've done, but compared to the people who are actual internet stars and making a living off of it, my views are nothing.
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When people say they take hits and flops in their stride, I personally feel that they are just lying. Of course, I'm upset when my movies flop. I take it very personally.
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Listen, it's very easy not to be ripped off, you know. Get yourself a lawyer.
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The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.
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My most important projects have been the building and maintaining of schools and medical clinics for my dear friends in the Himalaya and helping restore their beautiful monasteries, too.
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If you love someone, you love someone. It doesn't matter; age, colour, c'mon!
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My job is to let everybody know what I stand for and to let my light shine. I want to show others the way I live so that hopefully they follow. I can also tell about my experiences as a Christian so that I may help bring others to Christ.
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I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone.
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You can never figure out what the future sounds like. As soon as you make it, it's the past.
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Hippocrates is an excellent geometer but a complete fool in everyday affairs.
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When it's football season, I'm all football.
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Some say that Jesus is the rock, or the anchor. I say that your friends and family are your anchor. And you can really hold their hands, not just sing about it. No disrespect to George Jones.
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Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best show.
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My last meal on Earth? The obvious answer is a plate of my mother's scrambled eggs.
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A Scot is a man who keeps the Sabbath, and everything else he can lay his hands on.
