Norman Parkinson Quotes
I like to make people look as good as they'd like to look, and with luck, a shade better.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to find a way to speak to the broadest audience possible.
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I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom.
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Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.
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I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
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I've always been attracted to action stuff.
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The future of time, of how it's won or lost, endured or enjoyed, expanded or compressed, will depend on how it's valued, not how it's measured.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.
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I don't consciously use my own life or experience at all.
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To be here recovers from a state of soul, from a state of mind. I have the memory of the heart. I know what I received. I must have the will to give back to others.
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I always feel that I compete with myself.
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I like meat and carbohydrates.
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I don't want to be the center of attention, which is ironic. I hate having all eyes on me - unless it's for my job, and my job is playing football. I'm not that attention-hungry.
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Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.
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There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don't discuss my private life.
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Its important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.'
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Everyone wants instant gratification: you have to have everything your parents had right away.
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The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did.
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A state of shock is what results when a gap opens up between events and our initial ability to explain them. When we find ourselves in that position, without a story, without our moorings, a great many people become vulnerable to authority figures telling us to fear one another and relinquish our rights for the greater good.
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I'm spontaneous. I jump in. I kind of like getting married and then getting to know each other; I know that it sounds incredibly strange, but to me, it's a more natural process.
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I like to make people look as good as they'd like to look, and with luck, a shade better.
