Norm Crosby (Norman Lawrence Crosby) Quotes
That, to me, is what comedy is all about: keeping fresh and keeping current and changing with the times.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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All of life is a foreign country.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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People love things about Hollywood. People love to see the inside of what's going on.
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Let's be honest: the label of model-daughter-of-celebrity mother is... you know, I don't want to have that label. It's not who I am. It's not my values to go off someone else's name and to be pigeonholed as that. So in a way, that has really pushed me to be more independent.
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Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.
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I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what I will be pushing over the next two years.
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I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any Abolitionist.
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I'm dying to go to India.
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Words fall short sometimes.
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When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes.
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My character Milly in 'The Boy Who Could Fly' was a very strong part. There were dramatic moments, and there were humorous moments, too. The whole story with Eric Underwood's character was just wonderful, and the messages behind the script were very important to me.
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I like poems that are complex.
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I was always searching for something bigger, faster and better, and Slayer came up with that.
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You were doing a sadistic little disservice to your country.
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Not all my work features black actors. I mean, it's funny: someone was reading back to me all the languages that have appeared in my films, whether they were shorts or features. They span Arabic, French, Mandarin, Cantonese - all kinds of languages. I think it's really cool.
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Instituting equal pay is especially important because families in our country increasingly rely on women's wages to make ends meet. When women bring home less money each day, it means they have less for the everyday needs of their families - groceries, rent, child care, and doctors' visits.
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I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother.
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Now everybody's got a crazy notion of their own. Some like to mix up with a crowd, some like to be alone. It's no one elses' business as far as I can see, but every time that I go out the people stare at me, with me little ukulele in me hand.
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That, to me, is what comedy is all about: keeping fresh and keeping current and changing with the times.
