Ferid Murad Quotes
My parents always encouraged us to get an education and establish a profession. However, my brothers and I grew up with considerable freedom, whether it was saving or spending our tips from the restaurant or our career choices.
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.
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You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.
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I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.
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I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
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I had to get some things right in my personal life. And once I got my family on the same page, to understand who I am and what I do for a living, I asked my oldest daughter, 'What do you think about Daddy coming back?' And she said, 'I didn't think you were done. I want you to win the Super Bowl.'
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I'm a very anxious, nervy kind of loser in many ways, and I get very stressed and a little tense.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I was very driven in high school. I worked a bunch of odd jobs. I never partied. I never drank. I was just a theater geek who was obsessed with movies.
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I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
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I don't like traditions, I am very personal, very independent, I don't like intimate ladies, I mean in German lieder there's a lot of copy, a lot of imitation, a lot of tradition, and this I have put it aside.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the songs, clothes, artwork, even the string arrangements. It all creates a certain atmosphere.
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There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem.
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Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.
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I am very grateful for the opportunities provided to me through appearing on 'American Idol.' The value that the fans and the show have given to my career is not lost on me. However, I have not felt that I have been free to conduct my career in a way that I am comfortable with.
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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A lot of the stuff that I do with Betty is in the eyes. A lot of the feelings that I evoke with her are unspoken, so that's been fun to play with.
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The difference between me and the newer artists is that I have the history with the architects, the masters that started the music. I know where the music came from.
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My parents always encouraged us to get an education and establish a profession. However, my brothers and I grew up with considerable freedom, whether it was saving or spending our tips from the restaurant or our career choices.
