Norton Juster Quotes
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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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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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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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Doris Lessing really doesn't care what the critics say. In fact, she orders her publishers not to send her the reviews and gets cross with them if they do because she doesn't want that in her head. She's going where she's going, and that's where she wants to go.
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I think fans always want something new, but they want somebody who can deliver - to go out there and really entertain them and have good matches.
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There are people out there who want me to fail, who want Jude to fail, who want our relationship to fail.
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Do I want to tackle a 230-pound guy who's running like a deer? Heavens no, no one in their right mind would. But there is something that drives me and compels me to stick my head in there and give it my best shot.
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I don't want to earn my living, I want to live.
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Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them.
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I always wanted to be a great actor.
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Remember the people in the back streets of Derby.
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If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself.
