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Iris Murdoch Quotes

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: irish
Birth: July 15, 1919 - February 8, 1999

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Woman Think You Place Nice Irish

As a singer, I've been criticized for sounding feminine. They say I don't belong in any category, male or female, pop or jazz. But early on, I saw my suffering as my salvation.

Suffering Early Say Jazz Singer Saw

I love running in Europe, man, running at places like Zurich and Crystal Palace where the crowd is so knowledgeable and appreciative.

Love Man Places Crystal Europe Like

I don't really have a domestic inclination. Even my apartment has a semblance of a storage facility. It's just stacks, there are no bookshelves, just books and piles of stamp collections and weird little sewing and knitting projects.

Weird Sewing Apartment Storage Just

Being honest and spontaneous is important when making music. But I'm also really logical when I compose.

Music Important Spontaneous Honest

Where I came from, the idea of going into show business was just ridiculous; in fact I didn't tell anybody because I knew people would laugh at me. So I sort of snuck around and got some pictures and got a resume together and, of course, lied and said I did all kinds of things I didn't do.

Michelle Pfeiffer

Business Together People Me Laugh

I crave deadlines. If I don't have a deadline, I become a total slacker, which is why I always have so much on my plate.

Why Become Always Deadline Deadlines

I love fried okra. The fact that it's okra makes me feel like it's good for you - I forget the fact that it's fried.

Love Good Me Feel You Forget

Well, I was lucky in that my being an actress totally overshadowed my having some kind of a... legacy at Yale, so that was kind of great.

Jordana Brewster

Great Legacy Kind Lucky Being Well

My parents went through the dictionary looking for a beautiful name, nearly called me Banyan, flicked on a few pages and came to China, which is cockney rhyming slang for mate.

Beautiful Parents Me Looking Name

When I'm on a strict eating regimen, at some point I have to have French fries, a cheeseburger and some pizza. And Oreos and vanilla ice cream!

Pizza Eating Ice Ice Cream Point

I was never a Trekkie, nor a science fiction guy.

Science Never Science Fiction Fiction

People see me on TV two and three times a day, and see me cooking all these wonderfully Southern, fattening dishes. That's only 30 days out of 365. And it's for entertainment.

Day Cooking People Me Three See

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