Norm MacDonald Quotes
Sam Kinison, when he started out, he'd come to Canada when I was first starting, and he'd always bomb.
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When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listeners of the '60s and '70s, particularly in Canada, missed out on an outpouring of brilliant R&B music.
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We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.
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The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry.
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Canada is a big part of my life.
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Canada is rich in hydrocarbons and other natural resources... India's requirements and Canada's surplus are a perfect match.
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English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different.
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The Asian brand, which I admire for having become a global success, is Samsung. In comparison, we're just starting, but I believe that we at Uniqlo will be the next Asian brand to do well globally.
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Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror.
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Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.
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Economy forced me to become a vegetarian, but I finally starting liking it.
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I was fortunate in that I attended university in Canada in the early 1970s when you could take a true liberal arts degree with no programmes, majors or minors.
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When I first starting conceiving series like 'Courtney,' 'Polly,' 'How Loathsome,' etc., I was shooting for closed story-arcs but open-ended concepts. Then I started realizing I was committing myself to potentially endless series.
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When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.
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'Kit Kittredge' was an amazing experience because I got to go to Canada, and it was my first 'era' film, so I got to wear the 1930s clothes, the real vintage clothes.
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Touring is starting to feel more like home than home does.
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I think NASCAR's coming to Canada now so it'll take on a whole new relevance. Be afraid.
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A lot of funny stuff happens in Canada.
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Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, I would not have lifted a finger.
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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
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Activist: not as much acting as it is reacting- which is my story
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The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I was told. When I came to Brooklyn, I adopted an altogether different style of hitting. I stood flat-footed at the plate and slugged. That was my natural style.
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If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.
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Sam Kinison, when he started out, he'd come to Canada when I was first starting, and he'd always bomb.
