Murphy Quotes - Page 2

• Murphy's golden rule: Whoever has the gold, makes the rules.

  Dave Barry

  God, Stupidity, Gold

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• I'm really grateful to Ryan Murphy for so much because he's fearless. He's so confident. He has a very unusual and unique way of seeing the world sometimes, and he's somehow able to translate that into entertainment for the masses, at the right time in pop culture.

  Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

  Grateful, Unique, Fearless

  Source: collider.com

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• Cillian Murphy is the guy who battled viral zombies in '28 Days Later' and put a gas-spewing bag over his head in 'Batman Begins'. With his pallor, cut-glass cheekbones and glazed blue eyes, he's right on the border between dreamboat and spooky freak.

  David Edelstein

  Eye, Cutting, Glasses

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• I have never reached certain levels of fame, like Lindsay Lohan did, or even Brittany Murphy. My career has always been this sort of even-keeled, steady existence. I was also raised by poets, and I've been doing poetry as long as I've been acting.

  Amber Tamblyn

  Careers, Long, Acting

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• I used to watch 'Coming to America' every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about different scenes in that movie alone. Also, my brother and I loved 'The Golden Child,' so, yeah: I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy growing up.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Running, Brother, Growing Up

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• FLYING DOWN SUNSET SMOKING CRACK
  TRANSVESTITE IN THE FRONT
  EDDI MURPHY IN THE BACK
  MOP HAD ME GRINDY AND GRIDDY
  MARILYN MANSON, I DYED MY HAIR BLUE
  AND GREW SOME TITTIES

  Bizarre

  Sunset, Hair, Blue

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• C++ tries to guard against Murphy, not Machiavelli.

  Damian Conway

  Trying, Language, Programming

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• People like to compare something to something that they know. Even with Chris Rock, they say he's like Richard Pryor or Eddie Murphy.

  Hannibal Buress

  Rocks, People, Compare

  "A Brief Conversation with Hannibal Buress". Interview with Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. February 16, 2011.

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• One thing people always ask me is 'How do you play outside?' ... I have no idea how to teach that, but when I was discussing this with our bass player Jesse Murphy, he said 'tell them to go cliff diving'... In other words, when you're jamming, you have to take risks if you want to find new sounds.

  John Scofield

  Music, Player, Ideas

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• Eddie Murphy was the Michael Jordan of comedy. He had a full range of abilities.

  Aries Spears

  Jordan, Comedy, Range

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• Murphy's Law, that brash proletarian restatement of Godel's Theorem.

  Thomas Pynchon

  Law, Brash, Theorems

  "Gravity's Rainbow". Book by Thomas Pynchon, 1973.

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• I can't imagine Joe DiMaggio was a better all-around player than Dale Murphy.

  Nolan Ryan

  Player, Imagine, I Can

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• A lot of girls that work really hard and have had long careers, and stay grounded. I love Carolyn Murphy, she is gorgeous. All the VS Angels! They work super hard and have the sweetest personalities.

  Elsa Hosk

  Girl, Angel, Long

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• When political correctness first started coming around, it ruined Andrew Dice Clay and Eddie Murphy's stand-up career. Sam Kinison died at just the right time, 'cause no one was going to tolerate what he was saying anymore either.

  Artie Lange

  Careers, Political, Clay

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. January 7, 2010.

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• In my real life, both my bosses are gay. On the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta,' Andy Cohen is gay, everybody at Bravo is gay - we call them the gay mafia. Over at 'Glee' and 'The New Normal,' my boss Ryan Murphy is gay. On the show, my boss, played by Andrew Reynolds, is gay in real life. I'm surrounded by all my gay bosses.

  NeNe Leakes

  Real, Gay, Atlanta

  "EXCLUSIVE: NeNe Leakes on 'The New Normal,' Gay Rights and Her 'Glam-Baby'". Interview with Derrick Bryson Taylor, www.essence.com. September 11, 2012.

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• Uh, the Council," I said. "Big shock, they aren't helping." Murphy looked like she might be asleep, but she snorted. "So we're on our own." Yeah." Good. It's more familiar.

  Jim Butcher

  Might, Helping, Yeah

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.275, Penguin

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• Murphy nodded, frowning at the road ahead of her. "The reason treachery is so reveiled," she said in a careful tone of voice, "is because it usually comes from someone you didn't think could possibly do such a thing.

  Jim Butcher

  Thinking, Voice, Frowning

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• Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

  Patricia C. Wrede

  Eye, Silver, Stealing

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• Love this job," Sanya murmured. "Just love it." "I need to challenge more people to duels," Thomas said in agreement. "Men are pigs," Murphy said. "Amen," said Molly. Lea gave me a prim look and said, "I've not sacrificed a holy virgin in ages.

  Jim Butcher

  Jobs, Men, Pigs

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.293, Penguin

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• Karrin smiled faintly and shook her head. "He always said you knew ghosts. You're sure it was really him?" Mort eyed her. "Me and everyone else, yeah." Karrin scowled and stared into the middle distance. Mort frowned and then his expression softened. "You didn't want it to be his ghost. Did you?" Murphy shook her head slowly, but said nothing. "You needed everyone to be wrong about it. Because if it really was his ghost," Mort said, "it means that he really is dead." Murphy's face...just crumpled. Her eyes overflowed and she bowed her head. Her body shook in silence.

  Jim Butcher

  Distance, Mean, Eye

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.415, Penguin

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• The door burst open. Murphy came through it, her eyes living flames of azure blue, her hair a golden coronet around her. She held a blazing sword in her hand and she shone so bright and beautiful and terrifying in her anger that it was hard to see. The Sight, I realized, dimly. I was seeing her for who she was.

  Jim Butcher

  Beautiful, Eye, Hair

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.733, Penguin

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• Life is precious, fragile, fleeting - and Murphy's life was one of my favorites.

  Jim Butcher

  Fleeting, Life Is Precious, Fragile

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.161, Penguin

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• Where is your unit?" Murphy asked. I wiggled my eyebrows at her. "Right where it's always been, dollface.

  Jim Butcher

  Eyebrows, Units

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• Kincaid, evidently exhausted himself, drew a gun, took the safety off, placed it on his chest, and went to sleep too. "It's cute," I whispered to Murphy. "He has a teddy Glock.

  Jim Butcher

  Cute, Sleep, Gun

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.2471, Penguin

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• Pansy," Murphy sneered. Thomas leered at her. "You make my stamen tingle when you talk like that, Sergeant.

  Jim Butcher

  Pansies, Sergeants, Thomas Raith

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.292, Penguin

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