Norm Crosby (Norman Lawrence Crosby) Quotes
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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One of the most effective tools in Brazil's efforts to eradicate slavery is a register compiled by the government that lists individuals and businesses found using slave labor. Those on the 'dirty list,' as the register is known, are fined and remain on it for a minimum of two years during which they cannot access public funds.
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to bar playing music for people.
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Energy and bitcoin work really well together because you can pay out in micro-transaction units. As the energy gets used, they pay out, and it's by the kilowatt rather than by the month.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
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I was very precocious when I was young. I went to college at 16, and I graduated at 20. I wanted to be a writer, but I was more interested in experience than in applying myself intellectually.
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I used to sneak into my mother's closet and try to wear her lingerie to school.
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Ummm, there is not just one good thing about being a VJ, it is a package deal. It is a fun job and you get paid to party and have a good time and make people have a good time, which is great.
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In 2010, there was a TED event called Mission Blue held aboard the Lindblad Explorer in the Galapagos as part of the fulfillment of Sylvia Earle's TED wish. I spoke about a new way of exploring the ocean, one that focuses on attracting animals instead of scaring them away.
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I love Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey.
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You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation between two people.
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Today our approaches to children are fragmented and partial. Those who care for well children know little of children who are sick. The deep knowledge that comes from the intensive attempt to cure is separated from the knowledge of those whose main task is to teach.
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Does that mean that all vestiges of past discrimination would be eliminated, that the income gap or the wealth gap or the education gap [between Afro-Americans and white] would be erased in five years or 10 years? Probably not, and so this is obviously a discussion we've had before when you talk about something like reparations.
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It’s strange how dreams get under your skin and give your heart a test for what’s real and what’s imaginary.
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After the phone call from The New Yorker, I walked more than a mile to church to thank God. But then I told God I would talk to Him another time and darted home.
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As soon as you start claiming you can be someone that you are not, you are crazy.
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As runners, we all go through many transitions-- transitions that closely mimic the larger changes we experience in a lifetime. First, we try to run faster. Then we try to run harder. Then we learn to accept ourselves and our limitations, and at last, we can appreciate the true joy and meaning of running.
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Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
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When someone is 90, and you've seen their entire life, you just think you know everything about them and that they must live a straight-laced life.
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When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
