Roisin Murphy Quotes

I really do prioritise humour in people. It's a sign of intelligence. One of the most important things I heard that moulded me was Derek and Clive. That sense of release when I heard them for the first time, crying and laughing, was akin to seeing Sonic Youth for the first time.

Roisin Murphy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I was told when I went for a life-insurance exam when I was 18 that I was not likely to live past 50, so I refused to pay the premium.

Jeffrey Tate

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It is such an uncertain universe out there that you have to create what I call 'real' options and develop capabilities that will enable you to deal with an environment that will change anyway.

Anand Mahindra

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Hollywood is run by people who sit up in their executive office, who are not connected to Mississippi, Alabama, Chicago, South Carolina. They know nothing about that, they don't go to church, and they make their decisions about what they think is right.

Steve Harvey

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There's nothing more difficult to do than comedy.

Robert Evans

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'Once Upon a Time in the West' is one of my favorite films.

Michelle MacLaren

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Calvin Coolidge was one of the best presidents. Why? Because he did absolutely nothing.

Milo Yiannopoulos

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I hate sport. I like girlie things.

Louise Nurding

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We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition-, religion-, and even nation-centred cultures.

Jordan Peterson

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Until 1998, I worked in marketing at ASB bank. I loved it.

Jonah Lomu

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Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.

Dick Cavett

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Everyone should dance. And everyone should sing. People say, 'Well, I can't sing.' Everybody can sing. That you do it badly is no reason not to sing.

Dick Van Dyke

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