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Stephen Morris Quotes

You grew up with America on the TV, and you think you know a place before you get there, and you have this idea of it in your head.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: english
Birth: October 28, 1957

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Think America You Place Know Head

I'm married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.

Passion Children Wife Me Three Need

One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff. We also try to use humor as a vehicle for communicating ideas. Not editorial comment, but observation.

Humor Mind Ideas Situation New Try

Be serious. You've got to do the job you were hired to do well, but there's always more you can do. When I was an assistant, I would say to myself, 'You may not be an executive, but act like one.' I would volunteer for any creative assignment - read scripts, do 'coverage,' write notes.

Myself Job Creative You Serious Say

I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge are as nothing in front of me.

Knowledge Me Moon Thought Famous

Of course, fighting's first. That's what I do; that's what pays my bills, you know.

Fighting You Know First Bills Pays

Being in a band with my wife, I'm very aware of the multitude of ways that can go wrong. We're best friends and are interested in the same things, so it's natural to make music together.

Music Best Together Wife Friends Go

I enjoy being at Real. The club atmosphere is - even if some do not want to believe it - very tight-knit.

Believe Enjoy Want Real Club Being

Sometimes, anonymous sources, when merely stating opinions or running a smear campaign, are certainly cowards.

Opinions Sometimes Cowards Sources

I've been thinking a lot about the journey of my parents - just seeing the sacrifices they've made to allow me to do what I do. How much of a difference their sacrifices have made through the generations.

Journey Parents Me Thinking Seeing

For the scientists, they're kind of puzzled and pleased that somebody finds their work interesting. It makes it fun for me. I feel like I've sort of turned over a stone that hasn't been turned over.

Work Fun Me Feel Interesting Stone

We always see a trend on TV, and others follow suit. I think 'Rangrasiya' will be a trend setter, too.

Think Will Others Follow Always See

I wonder much that a court of Law should be in doubt whether a Resolution of Congress can superceed the Law of a Sovereign State.

William Whipple

Law Resolution Doubt Wonder Congress

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