Norman Fell Quotes
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I recognize that I'm probably the luckiest novelist in recent memory, because Sherman Alexie, a writer I greatly admire, raved about my book on 'The Colbert Report,' and then Mr. Colbert himself urged his viewers to buy it - on his show and on Twitter.
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I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.
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I like to have fun, just stay relaxed.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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I'm not really a mainstream novelist!
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street Journal' have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience.
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It was of limited usefulness to head great rallies. The government did not listen, and, soon enough, the tear gas and the muzzles of the guns were turned against the people. The justice of our cries went unrecognized.
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I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.
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Telly never has any smart, amusing intellectuals living on a council estate.
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I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me. Further than this, I know what they mean, I sympathize with them, I understand them. There should be a name (as poetic as love) for this relationship between loather and loathed; it is of the closest and more full of passion than incest.
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In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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I want to show that theater isn't just talking about feelings or people wearing tights.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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You see I found I didn't have to act to be happy.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I think when you're doing good work, you don't necessarily need to be validated.
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I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.
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If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn't important it will be easy.
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I enjoyed acting and marveled that one could get paid for doing it.
