Norm MacDonald Quotes
We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations.
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Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.
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You've got to live in the moment. When it's over, it's over.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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Let's just say the genes were there for me to excel athletically.
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In every character that you play... I mean, I don't think I'll ever be the type of actor or performer per se who transforms, you know? Like Claire Danes transforms into Temple Grandin - I'm not gonna do that.
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As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment.
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There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
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What’s your name?' she asked, and surprised herself. But for some reason, she wanted to know. Dean’s brother—he hadn’t been just some nameless Bad Guy Number Four. This vampire wasn’t,either. He had a name, a history, maybe even people who cared what happened to him. My name is none of your business,' he said, and continued to stare out the window, even though there was nothing but blurry brick out there. Can I call you None for short?
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I am completely half afraid to think.
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The Big Valbowski is a lot like a Hakeem Olajuwan, either he's taking the hook shot from the outside or driving down the lane on the inside, he always scores!
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My dad's great. He's my biggest supporter. He's always told me that whatever I choose to do, I can do it. I just gotta put my mind to it.
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There are things about us that make us who we are, personality traits, or capacities that we have, or knowledge we possess or that we don't possess, habits we have that are good or bad.
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Champions know that there's something inside that makes a champion, and other people think that it might something external.
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If ever a player was out of his class that night it was me.
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I willingly believe that the damned are, in one sense, successful, rebels to the end; that the doors of hell are locked on the inside.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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Judges have no actual power of enforcement. They don't have troops to carry out orders. They have no power of the purse. Yet our system of laws depends on lowly citizens and presidents abiding by court rulings.
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You live up - or down - to your expectations.
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You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?
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Honestly, you can't manage expectations. It has nothing to do with you. It has everything to do with everyone else. And everyone else is going to have expectations, and all you can do is do your job and do your best and be true to yourself.
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We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations.
