Norton Juster Quotes
Sometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again.
Quotes to Explore
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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Even if you live in a big city, everybody lives in a small town. We identify ourselves by our neighborhoods - 'I live in the Village, or in Chelsea.'
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Mr. Trump, you were elected mainly because you found a way to connect with the average blue-collar worker who's sick of the games politicians have been playing for years. Those same blue-collar folks, who go to church, want to feed their families, have to pay their taxes.
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Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.
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You can tell if you're going to be into a script within the first five or ten pages - if I'm not completely engaged by page 20, I just have to give up on it.
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I know my life story sounds too extraordinary to be true.
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The purpose of a business is to create customers.
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The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt. It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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I have never written a line of commercial code in my life. Nor should I.
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It was difficult to realize, 'I'm lieutenant governor.' And Brown appropriately reminded me of that.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse.
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I do spend a lot of weekends on the road. I have to pace myself. It can be pretty busy, but I'm not out in the Afghan desert with 70 pounds on my back, away from my family for a year at a time. I keep a good perspective on it.
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At 140, 150, that's when the car starts floating. At 160, that's when you start seeing dead relatives. At 180, it's, like, terrifying and exciting.
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Whenever I start a 'Potter' film, I get these dreams. The last dream I had, I was in a war and the sky was blotted with broomsticks and I couldn't find my wand. It was so intense. I always have mental, intense, war wizard dreams when I'm doing the films.
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The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Fear is like fire; it can be helpful if you know how to use. If not, you'll get burned.
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I bet the pill is harder to get than drugs--which shows how screwed up this world really is!
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He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.
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Sometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again.
