Róisín Murphy Quotes
I was surrounded by music in my family, surrounded by people who sang songs - every single person I knew as a child growing up had one, two, three songs they knew from start to finish.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.
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I made a big family when I was working at 'Vogue' for ten years, and I'm still friends with a lot of them.
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As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.
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I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.
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I went through this delayed-adolescence thing. I didn't want to be tied down to a family.
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'Outlander' is filmed mostly around Glasgow and the central belt of Scotland, so it's lovely for me because I get to go up and spend time in the place that I lived for three years. I've got a bunch of friends in the cast because a lot of them studied at the same college as I did, and I get to see my family, most of whom now live in Scotland.
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I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.
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I didn't belong to the sort of family where the children's classics were laid on. I went to the public library and read everything I could get my hands on.
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If someone has been bad to me, I believe in being good to that person. It's my way of getting back. Because that person is going to feel guilty about it.
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My family was very unorthodox. My mother was very eccentric and amazing. She always treated us like adults.
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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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When you're in the head of the character, you feel less self-conscious. If I was just being me, I would feel so exposed and be like, 'Why is there a huge camera in my face?' But, when you're believing in the person that you're playing, you feel protected. It's about being true to that person you're playing.
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My mother isolated herself from all family and friends for some 20 years. And never met her grandchild, my son.
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Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. You know, being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop influence.
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I'm not sure why I still think of myself as 28 - maybe that's the point where you start growing up, and then you just feel the same for evermore.
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There's the job and then there's my family. There's very little time beyond that for friends.
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Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.
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I feel I am a little bit older. Reckon I will start growing a beard next week.
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If you believe in justice, if you believe in democracy, if you believe in people's rights, if you believe in the harmony of all humankind - then you have no choice but to back Fidel Castro as long as it takes!
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I've been lucky to be a part of many blockbuster movies... in which it's hard to get to that level of being memorable, but I still have fond memories of 'Independence Day,' to be sure. There are also many small ones I've had that give me many fond memories.
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Voters are looking for credibility and are wary of polish. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter which candidate can more deftly read a teleprompter.
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I was surrounded by music in my family, surrounded by people who sang songs - every single person I knew as a child growing up had one, two, three songs they knew from start to finish.
