Norton Juster Quotes
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.
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Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did.
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I'm the youngest of five girls, and I don't know about you, but it's really hard to be heard when you have five women. I've always been this loud and over the top as a person because I just want to be heard.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.
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I naturally want to be provocative.
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I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
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I want to make 'Smackdown' the brand to watch, but beyond that main-eventing, 'WrestleMania' is the next step.
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Focus comes a lot more easily when you desperately want the results of your own work - nobody else is going to do it for you.
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I want to do stories that inspire people.
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Well, actually, I manage a couple of stock portfolios or funds or whatever you want to call 'em, and I think I've done relatively well with them.
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Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.
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I would also argue... that we are, by inclination and in terms of our history, we are small 'l' liberals, we Canadians.
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It's just so cool to be able to go out to dinner and buy my mom's dinner now. You know what I mean? She's just done so much for me. I love that I can give back to her now because she's the most amazing woman ever.
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Why does this not occur routinely? Don’t we all know how to ask questions? Of course we think we know how to ask, but we fail to notice how often even our questions are just another form of telling—rhetorical or just testing whether what we think is right. We are biased toward telling instead of asking because we live in a pragmatic, problem-solving culture in which knowing things and telling others what we know is valued.
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Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.
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If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself.
