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Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.
Bill Murray
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Bill Murray
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 21
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William James Bill Murray
William James Murray
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When I work, my first relationship with people is professional. There are people who want to be your friend right away. I say, We're not gonna be friends until we get this done. If we don't get this done, we're never going to be friends, because if we don't get the job done, then the one thing we did together that we had to do together we failed
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People usually go through a bad period when they first get successful. You're new and you're hot and things go wrong.
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The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time.
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There are people who drove me crazy, but they got the job done. And when I see that person again, I nod my head. Respect.
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I kinda like this Jay-Z thing, where he’s retired, but he keeps doing shows. I think I beat him to that. If you say you’re retired, people don’t bother you so much, and then if you want to do something, you can do it.
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My first movie, I got nominated for a Canadian Oscar-for Meatballs. For MEATBALLS. And who am I up against? George C. Scott. So he wins the award and I stand up and go, 'That's it-let's get the hell outta here.'
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The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe.
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The atheists traditionally hold their conventions from Good Friday to Easter Sunday during the hours Christ spent in the grave.
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I’ve killed myself so many times, I don’t even exist anymore.
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You can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey.
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I think there's only so many people that can take care of themselves, and can take care of other people. And the rest of the people … they're useful in terms of compost for the whole planet, you know.
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To people who want to be rich and famous, I'd say, Get rich first and see if that doesn't cover it.
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