Norman Rockwell Quotes
The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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My dinner spot is usually in front of the TV. I'll grill a steak and whip up a salad and watch 'Hoarders'. I love it because a) I'm kind of voyeuristic, and b) every time I see an episode, I go to the one room where all my unpacked boxes wound up, and I throw out a box of stuff.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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I don't know how it started but someone must have noticed I was always chewing tobacco or smoking a pipe.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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I love Cameron Diaz, and I love Drew Barrymore.
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I have a strong affinity for animals.
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Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively!
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Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you'll never see it.
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I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me.
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I love Sam Mendes. He's a fantastic director.
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I'm still driven by the feeling I had when I wrote my first book or read a Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle adventure.
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I have a great track record, and I have never been sued. If I can't find someone for someone, I refer them out. I have an affiliate division of matchmakers all over the world that I work with. Men like certain types of women, and I can subcontract that out to foreign countries.
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Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile.
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The apparent pointlessness of fashion may be just what makes it so strong as a zeitgeist sensor. Even I, a designer, do not know why a certain proportion feels dated or why another one feels exciting at a given moment. I leave that to the cultural historians and theorists.
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I think, through comedy, sometimes we're allowed to discuss things that you'd never be able to talk about in a drama.
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If we may not remain silent about evil in the Church, then neither should we keep silent about the great shining path of goodness and purity which the Christian faith has traced out over the course of the centuries.
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The only way to thrive is to innovate. It's that simple.
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We're only here to love God and each other. I'm not saying I've never gotten angry at anyone. I do. But you've got to forgive and move on.
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It's weird. I don't really have goals. I just try to make sure I'm enjoying what I'm doing. Once I start to get sick of it, the next thing becomes obvious.
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Faith is the head chemist of the mind.
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I mostly gave away what I had from the James Bond movie.
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I'm a pretty hands-off director. I let people try things, and if it gets over-jokey, then I'll try and rein it in a little bit.
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The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.
