Norm MacDonald Quotes
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I think we make the movies, initially, with the one movie in mind. But we do love the characters, and so we kind of miss the characters when the movie is over. But I think what happens is, every now and then you realize there's more to tell, or an idea comes up.
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I want to read a lot of comic books. I want to watch movies. I want to rest.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.
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I really wanted to make 'Everest' visceral, real. One thing that amazed me when I was scouting in base camp is the volume of Everest: It's humbling. I wanted to find a way to bring that to the screen. One way was 3D.
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I made that first record in 2008, alongside the EP, but my label at the time waited three years to release it. They thought maybe someone bigger would buy it, but they didn't, so in the end they just released it themselves.
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Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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The Lakers are family. My kids don't have to switch schools. Little things like that are important. People don't think about things like that. I feel like something special is going to happen in this town.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.
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There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
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We need to tackle energy poverty.
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I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.
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It used to break my heart that I didn't get to start in varsity soccer!
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Many frequently change their principles, but seldom their practices.
