Norton Juster Quotes
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
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Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.
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Feeling tired should almost never be an excuse, because your body has huge reserves of energy. But if you eat badly, stay out late, drink too much, and so on, you'll pay a price on the course.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.
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I got my first leopard print coat when I was 15. I nearly got beat up, but I was happy with it.
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I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.
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The female attention I have to struggle hardest with is from my two-year-old daughter.
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Any radical change or trauma always makes for interesting subject matter, but then all stories deal, to some extent, with the disjuncture between past and present.
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My mother was a children's librarian. I remember when traditional stories were revised for modern audiences until they bore only a nodding acquaintance with the originals, but were released as 'authentic Indian stories' when they were, in fact, nothing of the kind.
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Romania doesn't have a big tradition of gymnastics as a fun activity. We were a little behind in this aspect.
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There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it.
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I think Douglas was a real one-off. He was so clever and so intelligent and so well read in real science that he could make science fiction work as well as it did. And just such fun to have around, he was just such a lovely man.
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And I said, yes, if you think that I avoid bloodshed by standing aside, then I will stand aside.
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If you knew Peggy Sue - then you'd know why I feel blueWithout Peggy - my Peggy Sue.Oh well, I love you gal - yes, I love you Peggy Sue.Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue - oh how my heart yearns for you.Oh Peggy - my Peggy Sue.Oh well, I love you gal - yes, I love you Peggy Sue.
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Censorship may be useful for the preservation of morality, but can never be so for its restoration.
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I love it in the States. The roads are big, the food is big. If it was possible to be in L.A. and still live my racing life, I would move now.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough.
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Kansas is a piece of real estate that completely disproves the theory of roundness as a quality of the planet earth.
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I don't really go to clubs so I don't know what sounds are made there.
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One of the great things about the 'Iron Man' franchise is that they employ fascinating actors who don't necessarily do action movies. Before 'Iron Man' you didn't associate Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow with those kinds of films. There's an emphasis on repartee and wit.
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It's bad enough wasting time without killing it.
