Ashleigh Murray Quotes
My mother is gay. She was married to my dad up until I was 9. She was just like, 'I'm tired of this. I'm just going to be with who I want to be with.' So I've been raised by women, through my mom and also my aunt. My aunt is bi, and most of her partners have been women. I was always surrounded by a very strong tribe of people.

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At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn't screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate.
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I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.
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A fashion show is like a 10-minute play, but there's all this anticipation; Everyone arriving, finding their seats, then there's 10 minutes of people walking past and clothes and music, then the whole thing is finished.
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The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard.
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One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of.
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Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
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Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.
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No, I am a crier and if people ever saw me privately they would be shocked at what a bowl of mush I am underneath it all.
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I pick up on other people's discomfort.
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You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.
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I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
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Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.
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People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind.
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I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!
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I simply told people what I thought about the state of the war in Vietnam, and it was that we better get out of this.
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People are going to say what they want to say.
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But we have remained positive and strong and we will continue to remain positive and strong.
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I love the '60s and sort of wish all design had stopped in 1967. That would be my dream. They were really just nailing it - everyone looked great - but then it started getting a bit slippery after that.
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I represent the Democratic party... I've never been nor do I ever plan to be a John McCain supporter. I support Barack Obama.
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When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person.
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My wife has a good sense of humor, and instead of calling me psychic with my novels, she simply refers to me as being 'psycho.' That's because multiple things in my books have come true.
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My mother is gay. She was married to my dad up until I was 9. She was just like, 'I'm tired of this. I'm just going to be with who I want to be with.' So I've been raised by women, through my mom and also my aunt. My aunt is bi, and most of her partners have been women. I was always surrounded by a very strong tribe of people.