Lionel Murphy Quotes
We must have as clear a picture as we can of the Australia that we want to achieve at the end of that time.
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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I'm a proud family man.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
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Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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If you look at any normal organization, the CEO is the person with the highest E.Q. The person with the highest IQ is often in the back room running the financials or the operations. That's topsy turvy.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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I'm an actor, so I am always scared. You never know if you are on vacation or that you have been retired and they just didn't tell you.
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My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
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I think taxpayers should be outraged that retirees and administrators are walking away with thousands in accrued benefits and bonuses.
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I can't tear up a poem and be a sound bite for you. Why is that so hard for anyone to understand?
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I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was not a gang to sell drugs.
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Agreements are always the product of time and place.
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There comes a time to everyone when the world narrows for him to a strait alley, with Death at the end of it, and all his thoughts are fixed on that waiting enemy of mankind.
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We must have as clear a picture as we can of the Australia that we want to achieve at the end of that time.
