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 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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In such a way she had done what her people prized above all else: she had given her respect to those different from herself.
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I took some of the hardest things about my life and wrote an empowering song with it. It has made me want to always write from that place.
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I don't have a thyroid anymore. I had radioactive iodine treatment, which destroyed my thyroid. I take medication every day.
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Human beings evolved opposable thumbs for a reason. The sense of reward you get from making something with your hands can't be earned any other way. It's obvious that people learn faster from 'hands-on' experience than they do watching someone else do something.
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Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm.
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Picking locks or handcuffs for me is not really a big deal, I can do it pretty much in seconds, I've been doing since I was 14 years old. I used to sit on my bed as a kid with a pick set and you know just picking locks and stuff, so I'm used to it.
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I could never bear to be buried with people to whom I had not been introduced.
