Liz Murray Quotes
When I grew up in the Bronx, we always had everyone telling us, 'Watch out for the system, watch out for child welfare, watch out, they'll get you,' and I grew up with this feeling of, 'Society is over there and they're dangerous and not safe.'
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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I'm very grateful to God for what he gives me. Victories, remarkable victories, but you have to go through the defeats. That is why I praise God for everything.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fantasy, the ideal.
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Costa Rica, with its tourist-based economy and lack of a national army, has focused on keeping safe its beaches, parks and other public draws. It is one if the safest countries in Central America based on the number of homicides.
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Moonlight is sculpture.
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I have never read any Tolstoy. I felt badly about this until I read a Bill Simmons column where he confessed that he'd never seen 'The Big Lebowski.' Simmons, it should be pointed out, has seen everything. He said that everyone needs to have skipped at least one great cultural touchstone.
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Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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I've always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it's good.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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There is no such thing as women's intuition. You all just have crap poker faces.
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When I first started performing, the only community that truly got what I was trying to do was the LGBTQ community.
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I'm the biggest music lover in the world. I mean, I have seen everybody. I went on tour with Michael Jackson and the Jacksons four or five times.
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There are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial.
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When I started out in this business, dance was not at the height it is now. It was almost like, you're either a dancer or an actress.
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I'm not someone so much interested in exploring a slice of life unless that is down the corridor, around the corner, up the alley, and down the rabbit hole. That, I like.
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Popular music usually has a chorus that needs to repeat, and people need to remember the song. That's sort of the major guideline when you're writing a song.
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When I grew up in the Bronx, we always had everyone telling us, 'Watch out for the system, watch out for child welfare, watch out, they'll get you,' and I grew up with this feeling of, 'Society is over there and they're dangerous and not safe.'
