Norman Cousins Quotes
Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
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If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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I couldn't be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth.
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First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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I want to hang out with my friends. I want to hang out with my family - well, I sometimes want to hang out with my family!
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The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.
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I tell my wife she is only the third most important thing after my country and my parents, in that order.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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I enjoy my life. The fame part of it freaked me out for a little while, and there are definitely times when it's not so great to be special and known by everybody - you know, when you're wearing the wrong thing, or just in a vulnerable place. But I'm good with my life now.
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As early as 1993, members of bin Laden's group had been planning an attack on the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
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I see things completely differently now.
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I was born partially deaf and suffered from labyrinthitis, which affected my balance. I had numerous ear infections and spent my childhood in and out of hospital having operations.
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I have publicly talked about Mexico's need to open ourselves up to the participation of the private sector in the energy sector, however this doesn't mean privatizing state-run companies.
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The belief that we are what the media says we are, what people perceive we are, is soon to be what we think we are. We are treated based on this warped perception. It is hard to get away from it.
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I'm not usually drawn to memoir - many run the risk of self-aggrandizement or score-settling.
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There's no one I trust in show business more than Sabrina Wind. She's my eyes and ears when I can't be there. She weighs in on everything, from scripts to sets to advertising.
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The Space Shuttle will stop directly below the Space Station and Sergei and I will be looking out two different windows looking straight down at the Space Shuttle.
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I'd rather enjoy meals, order bottles of red wine and eat creme brulee at the end of dinner. Then, when they call you for a photo shoot, you just go, 'Okay, time to hit the treadmill.'
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I would love to play a superhero. I sometimes walk around thinking, 'If I were a superhero, what would my superpower be?'
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I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers.
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The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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There are many miles to go before we get this done ... But I have a feeling that ... we're going to have a big bipartisan vote for this in the end. My sense is that people are more optimistic than they've been in 20 years about addressing this problem.
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I'd like to think I'm optimistic and imaginative.
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Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
