Norman Jewison Quotes
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If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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I believe that I am only at a beginning, only knocking at a door, and I believe that the best is yet to come.
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I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
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Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
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It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
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Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live.
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The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.
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I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on visuals instead of just saying, 'Hey I wanted to film it in Mississippi.' It would seem like it was a hometown boy just wanting to be home.
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I didn't really grow up playing video games. I had an original Nintendo after the original Nintendo was cool.
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I rely heavily on my beta readers' honest critiques.
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Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.
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There's a lionfish cookbook put out by the Reef Environmental Educational Foundation, and it tells you how to catch them, how to clean them.
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For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.
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If you go to a second-rate place, and you are first-rate, it is very difficult to do first-rate work because you do not get that critical feedback you need for first-rate work on a daily basis.
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I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.
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While my mother wanted me to be a musician, I wanted to become an electronic engineer.
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I first saw Arnold Palmer when I was just a kid and he came to Columbus to play in a tournament. I watched him on the driving range hit balls that day. We went on to become great friends.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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To get Xi Jinping to help with our Pyongyang problem, Trump has dropped all talk of befriending Taiwan, backed off Tillerson's warning to Beijing to vacate its fortified reefs in the South China Sea, and held out promises of major concessions to Beijing in future trade deals.
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I had done chorus before in school, but I was only trying for an easy A. I was a bass going 'dum dum da doo wop.'
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If you're in the best team in the world, you or your teammate have to win.
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If I want to tuck my son into bed and read him a story, but that means I have to take a red-eye to get to a concert - which I would never think of doing otherwise - that's just the way it is. Even if I can't hit the note that night, I got to tuck my child in!
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I think you get better as you get older.
