Norm MacDonald Quotes
There's no show business in Canada, so everybody just did stand-up and we all thought, "Oh, we'll just keep doing stand-up." And then I'm like, "There's more work in the States."
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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It could get saturated or monotonous if I would do the same characters again and again. That is why, to save myself from that feeling, I take time out to choose roles that excite me.
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The thing about Marvel is that they're not - they're into real acting. They're looking for artists that are willing to take chances and are willing to create characters. Even if that character has been around for years and years in comic books, they still are depending on us to create something and take it somewhere else.
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As supportive as my hometown is, in my high school, there are people who would probably walk up to me and punch me in the face. There's a select few that will never like me. They don't like what I stand for. They don't like somebody who stands for being sober, who stands for anything happy. They're going to be negative no matter what.
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Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.
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I love it when a character requires me to look less than my red-carpet best.
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I don't think anyone's particularly conscious of thinking suits are the thing, but when you see a comedian on stage in jeans and a t-shirt it doesn't matter how good they are - it always looks like amateur hour when they walk onto the stage.
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The tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music of Argentina.
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The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them.
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Why are the architects of the family-values agenda so eager to punish into the next generation? What is being served by seeking, quite literally, a tooth for a tooth?
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Right after 'Backspacer,' my best friend got killed tragically. Something happened to me then where I got super motivated. I had a shelf of all this unfinished music... So I just went to work and made a conscious decision that I was going to finish a bunch of stuff. Life's short.
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It's easier to make a reporter into an economist than an economist into a reporter.
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'Grey Gardens' consumed my life for over two and a half years. It really takes its toll on the family. I'm not there to tuck them in, help them with homework and eat dinner with them. When I work on a show, I only have about 20 minutes a day with my family.
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There's no show business in Canada, so everybody just did stand-up and we all thought, "Oh, we'll just keep doing stand-up." And then I'm like, "There's more work in the States."
