Norton Juster Quotes
Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were the words "WHY NOT?" "That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.
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I hate jeans for no reason.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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A lion is called a 'king of beasts' obviously for a reason.
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Freedom is living without chains.
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The reason why I meditate and pray in general is just to remind myself that it is not about me.
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There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there.
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When I do a workshop, there is always at least one author who comes up afterward and asks if I'll take a look at his or her book and consider blurbing it. For some reason, I can turn someone down in e-mail, but when he or she is looking me in the eye, I cave.
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I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't.
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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I used to be so embarrassed by salsa; I wasn't into it.
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I've learned not to be as maniacal as I used to be.
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Herbs deserve to be used much more liberally.
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Every single note on this album is there for a reason.
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Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.
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I used to work as a proofreader at Merrill Lynch.
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For it is extremely absurd to expect to be enlightened by reason, and yet to prescribe to her beforehand on which side she must incline.
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There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
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I suppose that being moved to write a song is more applicable to me, I have to be moved, I have to have a reason to write a particular song.
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Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death.
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Consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing.
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I remember my boyfriend and I had just broken up, and I was like 'I don't care how much it costs, I'm getting my hair bleached!' That's really when everything changed.
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Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were the words "WHY NOT?" "That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.
