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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If you write songs and if you write music that's very sincere and very honest, it's pop music, but it is pop music with a lot of honesty and a lot of heart.
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An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.
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The exposed nature of life in the public square affects leaders' attitudes toward risk - and failure.
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Full disclosure: James Comey is a friend. I won't pretend to neutrality about him. He is a highly honorable and decent person, and I have no doubt that he made the many judgments for which people loathe him in good faith.
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In the business of entertainment, either I am able to create an effect that impresses people or not.
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I'm an inventor. I don't enjoy running the business.
