Norton Juster Quotes
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The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
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The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
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There is a tendency for things to right themselves.
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Sometimes people need to lie to themselves most of all.
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Each of us has heaven and hell in him...
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'Yeh Hai Aashiqui - Siyappa Ishq Ka' has become a part of who I am. I will be narrating the stories, and as a narrator, I get to experience each story up close and personal and go through the same range of emotions as the characters.
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The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves.
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The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person to be.
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Each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own.
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Love ever your neighbour as yourselves - but first be such as love themselves.
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The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.
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I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage.
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Juan and Andres pledge themselves to a Latino empowerment organization.
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A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on.
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Seemingly unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. Much progress, therefore, depends on such people.
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The difference we wanna make is number one to let these kids know that they’re not alone, that they’re actually not that messed up and that they can do whatever they want; they can express themselves however they want, without being persecuted or called a faggot or some kind of racist thing. You know, really just to get people to get over their stuff so they can live.
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Our God was made by men, sculptured by savages who did the best they could. They made our God somewhat like themselves, and gave to him their passions, their ideas of right and wrong.
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I'm a realist. And realists don't fool themselves.
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I agree with... actually it was [Joseph] Stalin who said that [Winston Churchill] he was a man who changed the history of the world and I think, if he had not been there in 1940, it might very well have been the case that we would have collapsed like France, and I shall honor him always for that.
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I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.
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The world becomes more rewarding when you let yourself look beyond what you're searching for.
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Songs are special. Songs are like trees. You plant these seeds and watch them grow, and you never know how people are going to respond. That's one of the most beautiful things about music.
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Some great people are leaders and others are more lucky, in the right place at the right time. I'd put myself in the latter category. But I'd never call myself a normal designer of anything.
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And some looked even more like each other than they did like themselves.
