Norton Juster Quotes
When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect to anything.
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I'm not pessimistic about much of anything.
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if my heart tells me something is wrong, I'm going to go and do something about it.
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Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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I used to try to pick locks because I grew up on my grandparents' farm and I started my own little spy club. I would go around the farm and try to break into the shed and try spying on my grandpa. It was ridiculous.
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The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.
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I tried college and I hated that. I seem to quit everything I do.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I think I've been a great citizen.
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In the long run, we will need many more African-American, Latino, and Native American leaders, and leaders from low-income communities, who can bring additional insight and a deeply grounded sense of urgency, and who are the most likely to inspire the necessary trust and engagement among students' parents and community leaders.
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A lot of people look at playing overseas as a step down from the NBA. And, yes it is a step down from the NBA money-wise, but there is just as good of talent overseas as in the NBA. Not better talent.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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Acknowledging your mistakes also has its pluses, but we often don't have trouble recalling or mulling over those. The point is, if you don't acknowledge your successes the same way you acknowledge your mistakes, you're sure to have a memory full of blunders.
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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
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An overview of all wars since the establishment of the Bank of England in 1694 suggests that most of them would have been greatly reduced in severity, or perhaps not even fought at all, without fiat money.
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It had been almost 30 years since the LPGA has played in Mexico. We are definitely looking forward to playing there next year and also coming back to play in Mexico in a month or so.
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Throughout history, new arrivals or new competitors have often been regarded as threats, but the reality is that a stronger and more confident China is good for the world.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.
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I wanted to show young people that taking a stand can be done by simply standing firm in your convictions.
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Our organization hears from thousands of teens and young adults each year who are desperate for information and resources beyond the one-sided 'born-gay' message that saturates our culture.
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When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect to anything.
