Norman Braman Quotes
I don't believe in dynasties; I don't believe in coronations. That is not how it works in this country.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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You wouldn't recognize me from one project to the next.
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I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big.
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It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news.
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You're always going to have terrorism.
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I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
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Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobody can judge unless they've worn those shoes.
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.
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The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.
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Long-format television is a better way to tell a female story.
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There is some humour in 'Family Values.' I don't want everyone to think it's not going to make them laugh. But there are quite a lot of poems there that aren't funny at all.
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A tedium that includes only the anticipation of more tedium; the regret, now, of tomorrow regretting having regretted today.
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Administration is, or ought to be, a necessary overhead to aid production, and should at all times be kept as low as possible.
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Some discrimination is perfectly reasonable. The discrimination between trying to teach our kids what most of human history has thought was a desirable lifestyle that will contribute to their happiness, and trying to deter them - not to prohibit, and not to punish - but trying to steer them in a direction that will contribute to their happiness.
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You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming.
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I can't walk in a toy store in a foreign country without seeing a kid with a minion backpack.
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The importance of teachers in American education has never been a question, but recent research has established beyond doubt that the most important element of student achievement is the quality of the teacher. At the Corporation, we believe one of the most critical issues facing the country is the preparation of America's teachers, which is just not good enough. Creating a vision for change and sharing how to improve teacher preparation is something the Corporation is committed to. We are pleased to join forces with the Annenberg Foundation in pursuit of this goal.
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I was a tomboy.
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We eat pretty healthy foods, and I've taught my kids since they were little about knocking out trans fats.
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I don't believe in dynasties; I don't believe in coronations. That is not how it works in this country.
