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> [If you hand an adult a lump of clay, they're likely to respond by fashioning something representative out of the raw material. For the most part, they'll simply forge an object that signifies something "real" in the world, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/if-you-hand-an-adult-a-lump-of-clay-they-re-likely-to-respond-by/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

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## More by Keith Murray

> [It's ninety-six degrees in the shade... Before I catch blood on my blade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/it-s-ninety-six-degrees-in-the-shade-before-i-catch-blood-on-my-blade/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [My hair is my everything: my best friend, my mentor, my moral compass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/my-hair-is-my-everything-my-best-friend-my-mentor-my-moral-compass/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [Seeing a photograph of myself is often pretty jarring. Why is it that the vision I see of myself in a photo is so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/seeing-a-photograph-of-myself-is-often-pretty-jarring-why-is-it-that/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [Eat you inside out like stress...You hear my voice, you see my face, you know my name / I take it out your ass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/eat-you-inside-out-like-stress-you-hear-my-voice-you-see-my-face-you/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [It also makes me worry about photos of me that exist that I might not even know about. How do I appear in these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/it-also-makes-me-worry-about-photos-of-me-that-exist-that-i-might-not/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [I enjoy watching children interact with the world, the way they engage their environment without any filters, learned models, or cynicism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/i-enjoy-watching-children-interact-with-the-world-the-way-they-engage/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [Got more milky syllables than alphabet cereals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/got-more-milky-syllables-than-alphabet-cereals/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [London is always fun, obviously, but something about Glasgow really speaks to me. Usually what it says, though, is "Let's get wasted."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/london-is-always-fun-obviously-but-something-about-glasgow-really/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [I think that my parents' only regret is that they wasted so much money on my stupid prestigious university degree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/i-think-that-my-parents-only-regret-is-that-they-wasted-so-much-money/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [I've been college, but to be truthfully frank, weed is knowledge because it makes me think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/i-ve-been-college-but-to-be-truthfully-frank-weed-is-knowledge/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [I'm not a huge fan of covers in general, but collaborations always make them more fun - they're sort of neutral territory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/i-m-not-a-huge-fan-of-covers-in-general-but-collaborations-always/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [I've evolved enough that I've learned to not subject others to the fallout of my own unhappiness. I think that's a significant, hard-won behavioral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/i-ve-evolved-enough-that-i-ve-learned-to-not-subject-others-to-the/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [Do some good to the ghetto, Mr. Kris Kringle. Come and stay awhile, kick it with God's Angels. Take and acknowledge my wisdom and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/do-some-good-to-the-ghetto-mr-kris-kringle-come-and-stay-awhile-kick/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [Leibniz mapped the principles concerning the conservation of energy, but nobody has yet scientifically diagrammed the conservation of emotion - have they? How is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/leibniz-mapped-the-principles-concerning-the-conservation-of-energy/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

> [Y'all mythological niggas is comical, The astronomical is comin' thru like tha flu bombin' you... And embalmin' in your crew, too. With the musical,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/y-all-mythological-niggas-is-comical-the-astronomical-is-comin-thru/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

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