Norman Parkinson Quotes
I like to make people look as good as they'd like to look, and with luck, a shade better.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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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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It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.
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When you're working in public radio, you don't have any money to advertise.
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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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Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.
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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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Everything I ever projected New York to be, it was-even the stinky, ratty, vomity part of it. Everybody has to do the subway. Everybody has to smell the same smells. And people get mad all the time. When people don’t like something, like ‘Get out of my way you blah, blah, blah.’ But in L.A. it’s like, ‘How ya doing? Let’s do lunch! I love you!’
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In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.
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The room is the most important thing about recording.
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It's a fascinating area for me, UFOs have occupied a great part of my life since I was very young.
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I write poetry. It comes naturally to me, but from a technical point of view it forces me to pay close attention to language and to scan.
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I like to make people look as good as they'd like to look, and with luck, a shade better.
