Norm MacDonald Quotes
I've been in theaters. Like Brian Regan, who I love - loved him so much more when he did the Improvs. And then in a big theater - nobody's that good.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
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The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
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The Left Elite only pretend to be concerned about what's best for everyone else because it is the most effective way to manipulate you and your children into their abyss.
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You go to drama school, and the people you revere and admire are those who work on the London stage, and you hope that's a world that you'll be able to break into and do enough occasional television and small film work to eventually get to the point where you're paying the bills.
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The problem with dragons is that everyone uses them. All the time. When that happens, they become commonplace. A lot of people think you can just throw them into a story and suddenly whatever you're writing is 28% cooler. But that doesn't work. All that does is make dragons into some boring cliche.
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That a man built the biggest church in the world is not an issue, not something to be excited about. The people of Satan also have money to build a big place and worship him.
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Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.
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Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
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I love basketball, but I miss football every time I watch it.
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Tired minds don't plan well. Sleep first, plan later.
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I act for the reality, for the moment, and most of all I do it for the process.
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What was interesting was talking to older gay men about what it was like being gay in the Eighties.
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Weather is uncontrollable. Only the Lord above can control the weather. Whatever we get, we have to work with.
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Chris Evans has embodied Captain America as well as any actor has ever embodied an iconic pop-culture figure like that. I go back to Chris Reeve as Superman as the gold standard, and I think Evans is right there.
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I did a picture 40 years ago with Carroll O'Connor and Telly Savalas, God rest their souls, and Clint Eastwood, called 'Kelly's Heroes,' which we filmed in Yugoslavia for six months.
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Any good trial lawyer knows that if you've got one credible expert or scientific study, then you can let the jury decide.
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The harvest of the Lord’s field is seldom ripened by sunshine only. It must go through its days of wind, rain and storm.
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I've been in theaters. Like Brian Regan, who I love - loved him so much more when he did the Improvs. And then in a big theater - nobody's that good.
