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I try to be available for life to happen to me. We’re in this life, and if you’re not available, the sort of ordinary time goes past and you didn’t live it. But if you’re available, life gets huge. You’re really living it.

Bill Murray

When everything goes well. When sails rip, engines freeze up and you find there are organisms growing inside the diesel, it’s terrible and amazing stuff.
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Amazing Diesel Organism Stuff
There’s definitely a lot of trash that comes with the prize of being famous. It’s a nice gift, but there’s a lot of wrapping and paper and junk to cut through.
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Gift Girl Mean Nice Paper Wrapping
Just the very thought of someone my age going to visit old girlfriends had instant appeal.Even women think, ‘That would be interesting.’ Not comfortable, but interesting. It is not a comfortable film at any point.
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Girlfriend Interesting Thinking
People confuse friendship and relaxation. It’s incredibly important to be relaxed – you don’t have a chance if you’re not relaxed. So I try very hard to relax any kind of tension. But friendship is different.
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Important People Relaxation
Zombies dont mess with other zombies.
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Mess Other Zombie
Eh, it’s not that attractive to have a plan. I know that if I ever feel that I need to make a funny movie, I’ll figure out how to write one. I’ll get it done. If I ever get some ambition, I’m gonna get some shit done.
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Attractive Movie Need Plans
When I feel like I’m stuck, I do something – not like I’m Mother Teresa or anything, but there’s someone that’s forgotten about in your life, all the time. Someone that could use an ‘Attaboy’ or a ‘How you doin’ out there.
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Forgotten Mother Use
Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
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Cat Dog Sacrifice
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.
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Jobs People Together
Groundhog Day’ was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn’t even get nominated for an Academy Award.
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Awards Day Groundhog Script
Well it’s hard to be yourself, it’s the hardest job there is.
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Being Hardest Jobs Yourself
I would jump into the middle of the street and say, “excuse me, there’s a Mercedes that’s got to get through here.” And I would push people out of the way, “get out of the way! Let him through!” Smacking their cars and stuff. Just like, “whack” and you just jump into it.
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Cars People Stuff
Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
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Acting Needs Suits
They are getting so much smoke blown, and their whole world gets so turned upside down, their responses become distorted. I give everybody a year or two to pull it together because, when it first happens, I know how it is.
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Distorted Everybody Response Smoke Together
Everybody had some sort of vision problem, some sort of damage – I had to bury myself in my napkin.
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Buy Damage Everybody Napkin
Sometimes I snore, like when I get really tired.
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Get Real Sometimes Tired

I try to be available for life to happen to me. We’re in this life, and if you’re not available, the sort of ordinary time goes past and you didn’t live it. But if you’re available, life gets huge. You’re really living it.

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I try to be available for life to happen to me. We’re in this life, and if you’re not available, the sort of ordinary time goes past and you didn’t live it. But if you’re available, life gets huge. You’re really living it.

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