Norman Wisdom (Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom) Quotes
As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
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I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
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I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.
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I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.
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Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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Growing up in San Diego, I can remember going with my brother to see bands like Pennywise and NOFX - good punk bands that were fast and tight.
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Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
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I aimed at the Archduke. I do not remember what I thought at that moment.
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I read the script for 'Somnia' when I was filming 'Oculus,' and I remember calling my manager going, 'I really need to do this movie,' and he's like, 'How about you finish this one first and then you see it?' I was like, 'I don't need to. I don't need to. You need to read this. I need to do this movie. The script is very good.'
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I remember, in my first show in New York, they asked, 'Where is the Indian-ness in your work?'... Now, the same people, after having watched the body of my work, say, 'There is too much Indian philosophy in your work.' They're looking for a superficial skin-level Indian-ness, which I'm not about.
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I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.
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I would never try and do a remake off a movie. I think that's a whole different thing. I think everyone will always remember the first movie, and they will always compare it with the second one.
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Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you have to remember that this is like the entire human race riding the plane - it is one of the few risks that really could wipe us all out.
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I still remember asking my high school guidance teacher for permission to take a second year of algebra instead of a fifth year of Latin. She looked down her nose at me and sneered, 'What lady would take mathematics instead of Latin?'
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If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior.
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I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.
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Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think.
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Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
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I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names.
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Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them.
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For some reason, I got really obsessed with Samuel Pepys and his diaries when I read them, and with that period. I was probably a man with a wig and a frock coat in a past life!
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The archiving industry, much like the funeral industry and the wedding industry, these industries can be very exploitative.
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At one of the first science fiction conventions I ever went to, I saw a guy wearing a sandwich board promoting his book. Count me out of that one.
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As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
