Elwood G. Norris (Woody Norris) Quotes
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that was not a chef's book about improvising but a real home cook's book with a real home cook's pantry, supermarket ingredients, that sort of thing.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.
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Should you be so unfortunate as to suppose you are a genius, and that 'things will come to you,' it would be well to undeceive yourself as soon as possible. Make up your mind that industry must be the price of all you obtain, and at once begin to pay down.
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I'm definitely somewhat of a tomboy. I grew up a pretty big tomboy, actually, and was really obsessed with basketball.
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I love children.
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What beauty can compare to that of a cantina in the early morning?
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Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. Indeed, it is ignorance with wings.
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When I analyse myself and my reactions or behaviour, there is the act and the actor. There is a division between the two and that creates conflict between 'what is' and 'what should be'.
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People like to pretend that all women have the same experience or that all gay people have the same experience. But everyone's life is different, and everyone's point of view is valid.
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There's this whole feeling that women should be small and quiet and polite, and I don't think that's really gotten us anywhere.
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Hurricanes Floyd and Irene were cruel reminders that hurricanes can produce tragic loss of life and devastating economic disruption from inland flooding beyond a hurricane's damaging wind, storm surge or tornadoes.
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Starting a business is similar to an athletic endeavor, like serving a tennis ball. Telling you how to do it is useless. You actually get better through a combination of practice, coaching, and repetitions with money on the line.
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Everybody doesn't want to hurt to lower guys from getting paid, but it comes down to, it's a performance-based business. You get good, you win, then you get paid.
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I'm an inventor. I don't enjoy running the business.
