Norman Jewison Quotes
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All men begin their learning with Homer.
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Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.
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To his credit, Obama has undertaken a truly ambitious effort to redefine the United States' view of the world and to reconnect the United States with the emerging historical context of the twenty-first century. He has done this remarkably well.
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DMs are a lot like email - and should have the same privacy protections as a mailed letter.
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In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what I'm doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two.
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Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.
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Celebrities become excluded from everyday life, kind of in exile in an echelon that is deemed better, anyway: Life of celebrity, all the fame and glamor.
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It wasn't a class system where I was the better guy and he was the second-rate guy. That was his role and my role was to play the solos. But he took great pride in his technique as a rhythm guitarist.
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I love Lancome's L'Absolu Rouge lipstick, as it lasts. Unless you spend the whole night snogging, you won't need to reapply it.
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The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our failures.
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I have no regrets. I've got my health.
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We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.
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I've always been a fan of science fiction.
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Some people have been talking about - every place I go, they bring up the issue of foreign aid. I go, 'You can't get rid of all foreign aid.'
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I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.
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I have three incredible nieces and a nephew who's going off to college. To hear them say they're proud of me left me in tears.
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I have the Italian flag embroidered onto all my dress-shirt cuffs. I am very proud to be Italian.
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A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.
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America stands for individual liberty, but that means an ordered liberty.
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Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.
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I guess I'm not always looking for the same things in movies that most people are, which I wouldn't have necessarily even really known if not for spending too much time reading about myself on the Internet.
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I'd love to make a thriller.
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I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.
