Elwood G. Norris (Woody Norris) Quotes
I've been really lucky as an inventor. I'm the happiest guy you're ever going to meet. And my dad died before he realized anybody in the family would maybe, hopefully, make something out of themselves.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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Acting is in your soul.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
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To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight.
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To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Making movies is never going to get better than working on a Coen brothers project.
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In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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I received my doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1910.
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I definitely have a real self-destructive streak.
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You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.
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Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned.
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I think one of my favorite things about making low budget movies is that when you get into expensive moviemaking territory, it's almost impossible not to reverse engineer the movies. It's irresponsible not to think about the result and the financial result. But when you make low budget movies, you can put that out of your head.
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With every day that passes, David Blunkett becomes more insensitive in his language and more intemperate in his actions.
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Beijing didn't go the way I planned and I would have liked to have performed a little bit better personally. After Beijing that is what stuck in my mind. I want a better Olympic finish.
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I've been successful in different areas, but nothing brings a smile to my face more than my oldest son, Zaire, and my second son, Zion, saying the kind word of 'Dad.'
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I have lots of Scottish blood and know that my family name is Scottish. At my home in the States I have a tartan crest but, unfortunately, I do a terrible Scottish accent.
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I've been really lucky as an inventor. I'm the happiest guy you're ever going to meet. And my dad died before he realized anybody in the family would maybe, hopefully, make something out of themselves.
