Joe Murray quotes

Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps. (Joe Murray)
We're the real estate industry - not the manufacturers. View quote
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I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements. View quote
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When an executive walked on our floor, it was at their own risk. As far as what others thought of working for me, I know I was very tough at times, and would storm down the hall after watching some bad animation from Korea. But overall, I feel we had a good time. View quote
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Somebody said us artists have trouble with success because art is derived from struggle. I disagree with that, because truely doing your art is success, whether you make money from it or not. View quote
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With Charles Woods, it was the first time I had ever seen tissue from a dead person used to save a human life. It piqued my curiosity. View quote
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Removal of an organ is difficult and dangerous. There have been several deaths of healthy donors. I think myself, I would be hesitant to participate as a liver donor. It's a very tricky operation. View quote
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I had worked on dogs for a couple of years developing a renal transplant operation. We had dogs running around with kidneys we had transplanted back into themselves. View quote
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The friend that I based Heffer on was adopted, and it all played into his total personality. View quote
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Since this was the first and only series I had ever produced, I was unaware of what the "Normal" environment was for a studio. I tried to run it as I did in my SF studio. View quote
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When I speak to students and they ask how much money you can make in art, as if that is a reason to persue it, I tell them to do something else. (Joe Murray)
Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks. View quote
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I do not feel any artist can produce great art without putting great personality into it. It is always a piece of you that goes on the screen or the canvass. View quote
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Sometimes a serendipitous reaction occurs when a network asks you if you have any ideas for a series, at a time when your creative flow is working in that direction. View quote
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Work is a prayer, and I start off every morning dedicating it to our Creator. View quote
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Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patient's renal and cardiopulmonary status. View quote
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Anyone who knows me, knows I don't walk away from a commitment, but I had a commitment to myself. Yes, there were times Nickelodeon made it more difficult than it needed to be, but there were also times they made it easier. View quote
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I think cheese smells funny, but I feel bananas 'are' funny. I'm assuming Swamp told the whole story of the executives seriously asking us to replace the banana with cheese because they thought it was funnier. View quote
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Joe Murray

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Occupation: American Artist
Born: May 3, 1961
Quotes count: 18