Norm MacDonald Quotes
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There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?'
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Death is better than slavery.
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Every single job is a challenge. You are walking into a new set, a new character, creating a world and trying to get comfortable to do your best work.
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I've been an actor now since freshman year of college, so it's 11 or 12 years.
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I feel like the health industry is getting nothing but stronger every day.
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The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared - they'll take the existing score of a successful movie and expect composers to copy it, like wallpaper. The biggest challenge for any composer in Hollywood is to be as creative as possible within those boundaries.
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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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When we realize that we can see life we gradually give up the things that stand in the way of our complete awareness. As we paint we move along step by step. We realize that we are guided in our work by awareness of life.
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One of the biggest challenges facing the globe is the gap that exists in the wealth and standards of living enjoyed by the world's nations.
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I couldn't do an acting job just to be working. It really had to have some soul to it.
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The I is the soul, which endures.
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How we sit within the body is an extremely important part of the spiritual journey. The body itself is used either by the spirit within us, or by the fear-based mind. When it is used by the spirit, then it is a thing of holiness. How we dwell within it, how we treat it, and how we use it in relationship to other aspects of the planet is extremely important. When we use the body without reverence, we are destructive elements on the planet. We become destructive to ourselves, to other life forms, and to the earth.
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Anything having to do with what is happening inside people has political significance to me. That is why I like the term "holistic politics."
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Speak from your mind and people will hear you with their mind. Speak from your heart and people will hear you with their heart.
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I think we're in a post-pornographic time and nothing seems shocking, but everything remains carnal no matter what you do.
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You can do ANYTHING you want to do-This is your World.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force, nor cause any waves?
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I'm quite good friends with the putative director, Vincenzo Natali, and I'm a big fan of his work, but beyond that, I don't like to talk about other people's work work-in-progress.
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You discover over time that music can be overwhelming. Unless the musicians involved understand this they can lose audiences. Spontaneity and improvisation are salient features but I also strive to make music that is peaceful. I want to make music that aids world peace in the same way that the people who shaped my development did.
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Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
