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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We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.
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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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'I have now learnt to despise you,' he said. 'You refused an honest prince; you did not appreciate the rose and the nightingale; but you did not mind kissing a swineherd for his toys; you have no one but yourself to blame!'
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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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God seems to have left the receiver off the hook, and time is running out.
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I've accentuated the look over the years. As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.
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Videogames are a little more work and they're a little more stilted.
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I keep thinking that history runs in cycles, and that some day certain large issues will come before the country again. There will be leaders that inspire young people. I don't think it means that it's over forever, but I'm getting pretty impatient. I'm hoping it comes soon, so that my young people can know that experience that we knew in the '60s, and that the World War II generation knew during the '40s.
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I'm funny. I'm a comedian. I'm not a clown.
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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.
