James Murphy Quotes

I wouldn't say I'm a friend of David Byrne, but I guess I'm an acquaintance. I'm obviously an admirer, and we've met, but we don't call and chat about 'Breaking Bad' or anything.

James Murphy

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I've grown up a lot, and I have such great memories of playing football.

John Matuszak

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The most important accomplishment, I believe, was my voting against the First World War.

Jeannette Rankin

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Young people looking for adventure fiction now generally turn to fantasy, but for those of a certain age, the spy thriller has long been the escape reading of choice.

Michael Dirda

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Neiman-Marcus is one thing, and the Dallas Cowboys are another.

Mercedes McCambridge

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I think there is no greater job anybody can have than having been a prosecutor.

Merrick Garland

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I've occasionally wished I had Caller ID. Even telemarketers, I hate to hang up on them. I try to explain I'm not interested, but they have all these canned responses so I end up having to hang up on them anyway.

John Shelton Reed

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The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.

John Tillotson

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Wasting brain power ruminating about things you can't control drains mental energy quickly. The more you think about problems you can't solve, the less energy you'll have leftover for more productive endeavors.

Amy Morin

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And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an up-or-down vote. The Constitution doesn't say that. The Constitution doesn't say that that nominee shall have any vote at all. There doesn't have to even be a vote.

Robert Byrd

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But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

Bob Kerrey

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I'm not scared of snakes, spiders or heights. I have three children; as a mum, you can't be afraid of things like that.

Britt Ekland

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It is natural to want to have a future.

Alice Walker

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