Roisin Murphy Quotes

We were brought up to think we were amazing. Maybe I was too confident, too full of myself. I found school difficult. I'd get followed home by 20 kids throwing stuff at me. The teachers didn't like me, either. We left Ireland for Manchester when I was 12, and I was happy to go.

Roisin Murphy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: July 5, 1973

Topics

HomeMyselfSchoolHappyAmazingMe

I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged.

Jim DeMint

PlanMoreTwoAlwaysServeBeen

That said, there are certainly still cooks out there who make fantastic historical cornbreads, though the old recipes have often been changed to include modern techniques and ingredients.

Jeremy Jackson

SaidOldOutIngredientsHistorical

At home, I relax by gardening, or just pottering.

Jennifer Saunders

HomeGardeningRelaxJust

I'm wildly different than Maria Bamford or Sarah Silverman, and might be more similar to some male comics.

Jen Kirkman

MoreDifferentThanSomeComics

President Kennedy's election was such an enlargement. It expanded religious freedom to include the highest office in the land. President Kennedy's administration was such an enlargement. It advanced the day when the bars of intolerance against all minority groups will be lifted, not only for the presidency, but for all aspects of our national life.

Robert Kennedy

LifeFreedomDayElectionWillLand

I remember when my daughter, Marina, was born. The second I laid eyes on her, I was in love, and I had never felt that way before. I couldn't believe it.

Matt LeBlanc

LoveDaughterEyesBelieveRemember

Barack Obama has come closer than any figure in recent history to obeying a direct call of the people to the brutal and bloody fields of political mission.

Michael Eric Dyson

HistoryPeoplePoliticalMission

The nation's obligation to her defenders is as old as that defense itself.

Steve Buyer

OldNationObligationDefenseHer

It is exhausting knowing that most of the time the phone rings, most of the time there's an email, most of the time there's a letter, someone wants something of you.

Stephen Fry

TimeSomeoneYouPhoneKnowingMost

Where are the people who don't have goals headed? Those 97 per cent end up working for the three percent.

Shiv Khera

GoalsPeopleEndThreeUpWorking

I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me.

Travis Barker

TeacherMeYouPlayJazzWill

Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.

Martin Seligman

GoodPeopleControlThinkReality

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