Norton Juster Quotes
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It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.
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If I hear a lie in my life with my children, with my wife, my work, my audiences, I want to annihilate myself, vaporize myself and wipe myself off the face of the earth.
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When I am writing a story it feels as real as the life I am experiencing off the page. It's an emotional illusion, I guess.
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Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.
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If I came across a role that is completely mainstream and commercial, but it's the right one, I'd jump at the chance.
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We can all be more consistently involved in missionary work by replacing our fear with real faith.
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I like most kinds of music. So I haven't got a bag, as they say... except the big black one in the hall outside.
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I turned around and she kind of had some tears in her eyes.
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I really try to divorce myself from any thought of possible use of this stuff. That's part of the discipline. My only purpose while I'm working is to try to make interesting photographs, and what to do with them is another act - an alter consideration. Certainly while I'm working, I want them to be as useless as possible.
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Our choices determine our destiny
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I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.
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Bravery shows up in everyday life when people have the courage to live their truth, their vision and their dreams.
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Religion gives us a place to stand outside politics, and without it we're vulnerable to a system in which the state defines everything, which is the essence of tyranny.
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My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour!
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As for being a voice in politics, I feel whether you are famous or not, busy or not, it's incumbent upon every citizen to participate in this government in any way we can.
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Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.
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Not that the Red Indian will ever possess the broad lands of America. At least I presume not. But his ghost will.
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A function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites a condition of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with conditions as they are, or even stirs people to anger. Speech is often provocative and challenging. It may strike at prejudices and preconceptions and have profound unsettling effects as it passes for acceptance of an idea.
