Norman Parkinson Quotes
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.
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At the end, it's your movie and your performance that stands out. So if I am a good actor, and if am being part of good entertaining engaging films, audiences will like me.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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Twitter has become a group conversation of that type that used to take place on trading floors.
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You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
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In the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work - that's more important than the money.
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I mostly want to be friends with my children.
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I like to eat. I'm always on the edge of how much can I eat without looking too – you know. If I eat something salty, it makes me want something sweet. I eat something sweet, then I want salty. And exercise is not my thing, though I do it.
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As a rule, all relationships go through their ups and downs. It's really about how much you want it.
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America is a knowledge-based society, where information counts as much as material resources. Therefore those with the power to define what qualifies as knowledge - to determine what are the accepted facts - wield the greatest social and political power.
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I was not very keen on joining the family business... there were 14 family members working together, and it worried me that I would not have enough individuality.
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Listen, my father had written. Listen to hear if they are telling the truth or only part of the truth, for that is the lesson of history: that the victors tell the tale of their triumph in a manner to grant accolades to themselves and heap blame upon their rivals. Ask yourself if part of the story is being withheld by design or ignorance.
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If I find something funny and make an older woman laugh, I love that for some reason.
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I'm in the process of trying to find something that I could do on my own.
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I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply?
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He who sees cruelty and does nothing about it is himself cruel.
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I could never bear to be buried with people to whom I had not been introduced.
