Norm MacDonald Quotes
Compared to politics, I think sports is funnier, because it's inconsequential. And politics can be real important and all that. The more pointless something is, the funnier it is, you know? And the more grave or important things are... You know, some comedians can get this disease where they get serious all the time.
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For future politics, I don't know what it holds, but if there's a possibility that the people want me to do another political office, again, maybe I'll do it.
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I have registered few titles like 'Bharat Bandh,' 'Calendar Girl,' 'Money Politics.' The titles just intrigued me, so I registered. I had a title, 'Jai Ho,' which I gave to Sohail Khan for his next film with Salman Khan. These are typical Madhur Bhandarkar kind of films. I may make a film or not on such titles... not sure yet.
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Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.
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There are no friends at cards or world politics.
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You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.
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In politics, you never know who's going to die, retire, or - in Illinois - get indicted.
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I think the ideology of the Congress is closest to mine. Congress is a party where I should be. I have joined politics to bring change in society. The Congress gave me a chance with the Aadhaar project. It's a party that will allow me to bring change.
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Unity in faith is theocracy; unity in politics is fascism.
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America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.
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If you really think that ambition, power, lust, desire are not as applicable in the media as in politics or on Wall Street or anywhere else, you're deluding yourself.
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The gun is not out of Irish politics.
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To those who would divide us or drive us to the extremes of either political party, I remind you that Maryland has been called 'a state of middle temperament.' Our politics need that middle temperament as well.
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Ralph Miliband was a socialist intellectual of great integrity. He belonged to a generation of socialists formed by the Russian revolution and the Second World War, a generation that dominated left-wing politics for almost a century.
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Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.
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I certainly wasn't a fan of Thatcher's politics. People liked to label us as children of Thatcher. What nonsense. The real children of Thatcher came in the 1990s, and had no interest in politics. The Oasis, Britpop scene.
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When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
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The idea that there is a rational truth out there that is not embodied in a person's politics is something I can't understand or subscribe to.
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As Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a constant concern for me is having our veterans dragged into partisan politics.
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Small businesses are the number one job creators in America. Therefore, it is important that the federal government creates an environment that helps them succeed, not one that sets them up to fail.
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It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray.
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How you gather, manage and use intel in life determines whether you win or lose. That's the # 1 rule for the mavericks in business.
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My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.
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Compared to politics, I think sports is funnier, because it's inconsequential. And politics can be real important and all that. The more pointless something is, the funnier it is, you know? And the more grave or important things are... You know, some comedians can get this disease where they get serious all the time.
