Norton Juster Quotes
The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.
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I hadn't watched any Hitchcock movies when I made 'Tom at the Farm,' except for 'Vertigo' when I was 8 years old. I don't have a sophisticated film knowledge, but I have seen the legacy of classic movies in broader entertainment.
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Montenegro belongs to a rare number of countries that have managed to make progress on every internationally recognisable indicator.
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I respect music, I do. I love it.
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I'm not a pin-up, thankfully. I'm not suggesting I feel unconfident. I am beautiful to my husband. I am beautiful to my friends. I feel sexy and all those things with the people I love.
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More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty, and it's not what it is for me.
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
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It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
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I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.
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When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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Angela Bassett is a friend of mine and someone who I truly admire tremendously in terms of her work and her choices.
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I believe as a born-again Christian that once you've had a chance to drink from the well, it becomes your responsibility to replenish the well.
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Most of us... are simply just trying to get through the day. And wait for those times in their life that are markers, that put things into relief. That's why we like movies and books so much.
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I think sexuality is fluid, and we have such a strange relationship to it in this country. It's been so fixed and so controlled for so long.
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I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first went to Los Angeles. Blackwell plays the drums as if he's playing a wind instrument. Actually, he sounds more like a talking drum.
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It's important to me that my songs actually make sense. So often, I turn on the radio, and I have no idea what the people are singing about. It may sound good, but when you listen, they're just saying words that rhyme. It's another song about nothing.
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I long to journey endlessly, always in search of something new. Always alert.
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People judge their capabilities partly by comparing their performances with those of others.
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My mom was a high school science teacher for decades. She just never made it feel like we had to choose between the arts and the sciences. We had bookshelves full of novels, and she also had Rachel Carson and Aldo Leopold and Carl Sagan.
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The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.
