Norm MacDonald Quotes
Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
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There's something called CEQA in California - NEPA at the federal level. There's indigenous lands and autonomies relating to governance on those lands. There are all kinds of obstructions as it relates to just getting zoning approval and getting building permits.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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When I was a teenager, the number one book I was most obsessed with was 'Gone with the Wind.'
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
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I think fine dining should be part of the community where it is, more than just for the people who are going to make a special occasion.
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Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
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I'm not at the hoarder stage, but there are two or three storage units here and there. I have things that a lot of people put a lot of heart and soul into, a lot of mental energy. I'm good at keeping those things. When it comes to pop culture, as you move through this fast lane, you wonder where it all goes and how you can hold onto it.
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Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
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I keep my old friends, and get older with them, but push young. It's good to be surrounded by kids, because they keep you young.
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Love of, and respect for, the humble routine of everyday life and its creatures was the only moral commandment which carried conviction when I was a child.
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I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.
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Think of social media as the Internet. I can't think of anyone betting against the Internet in 2012.
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You simply cannot continue a nation as America without that Christian base of liberty.
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'Star Trek' put sci-fi on the map and changed television, and 'Battlestar' has changed it in another direction by making it a little more mainstream and acceptable to people who wouldn't normally watch sci-fi.
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Our party may have swung too far right at various times.
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I feel like if you really know the ending right from the beginning, you can add so many subtleties and little things later that will pay off and be more consistent and more rewarding for the reader.
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I'm not dressing with men in mind at all. I'm just going to wear what I want to wear. It makes things easier, too.
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I was talking to my publisher, Jamie Ceretta, who's one of my closest confidants and allies when I'm working on new music. I feel like I can always count on his judgement because he'll tell me if he doesn't like something. It's sometimes hard to get people to tell you if they don't like something.
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Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?
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Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.
