Denis Norden Quotes
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it.
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What's funny in 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street' is how Dave Van Ronk talks a lot about the time and how exciting it was and how electric it was.
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I think there's a culture in Rajasthan Royals that has been there before I got here, so I've come into it. I've enjoyed being part of it and embraced it. They are quite clear about the fact that bottom lines are important, and there is a certain limit on what you can spend.
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The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.
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I always imagined that magically, at some point, I would settle into this very easy and refined sophistication, but it turns out that who you are at eleven is pretty much who you are at 27, so I don't know how much I've learned over the years.
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What could a smartphone do for me that would make people go out and buy another one?
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As actors, if we are truthful to ourselves and we know what we can do and what we cannot do and just go after it, there are possibilities out there. If you don't try, you won't find out if you get them or not.
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Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you want is not a sceptre, but a hoe. The prophet does not rise to reign, but to root out the weeds.
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I've had an angel on my shoulder all my life.
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Medical costs are of concern, both in developing and developed countries.
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I would like the thrill of making a new project every time.
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Golf is a better game played downhill.
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James Garner is like a peaceful river through our chaos.
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I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys, but I do find that moral ambiguity and conflict makes for great characters.
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Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the puzzlement and wondering.
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Poetry teaches the enormous force of a few words, and, in proportion to the inspiration, checks loquacity.
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There is a decivilizing bug somewhere at work; unconsciously persons of stern worth, by not resenting and resisting the small indignities of the times, are preparing themselves for the eventual acceptance of what they themselves know they don’t want.
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Hassan's not going anywhere. He's staying right here with us, where he belongs. This is his home and we're his family. Don't you ever ask me that question again!
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Some days I would be there at ten in the morning and wouldn't leave till ten at night, and the others would waltz in for a couple of hours and then leave, because I was doing that painting thing. And they were happy to see that being done.
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One hundred trout are needed to support one man for a year. The trout, in turn, must consume 90,000 frogs, that must consume 27 million grasshoppers that live off of 1,000 tons of grass.
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Leaders have to be dealers in hope.
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He had the kind of handshake that ought never to be used except as a tourniquet.
