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've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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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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It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
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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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If you take it as a compliment that you don't look your age, then you're really shooting yourself in the foot.
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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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“Our grown-up was dinged and damaged. One of us was only thirteen and knew far less than he thought he did, and the eleven-year-old among us had to work to keep from whining. I wanted my mother in a powerful way, which I made a brave attempt to hide.”
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That mot d’ordre must be smothered by another, that being “war at the front and peace within the country.”
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I think 99 percent of actors have gone through severe rejection before they ever landed a single role. I probably auditioned for 100 projects before I was cast in even the smallest role.
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I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.
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A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings.
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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.
