Norm Parker Quotes
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When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
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As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to do the typical sitcom-type humor. I'd want to do stuff like go bowling with pineapples.
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If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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I grew up in a family business... that really has provided the core of my belief in American small business, and in America's ability to grow and operate important businesses that can compete and be successful.
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If we have the intent to use the military only when needed, then that also becomes, then, therefore, a credible deterrent.
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I get these weird divine feelings. They're, like, so strong I can't shake them.
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I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of devastating reality.
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The South of France is one of my favorite places in the world.
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I definitely love kimchi. The biggest influence that eating so much Korean food growing up had on me was that I have no limit for spiciness. The hotter the better.
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Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.
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There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving hundreds of thousands of lives everyday by their bravery and nobody talks of them.
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It'll take a while for all those strange old books that I love to show up on digital: books that aren't current bestsellers but aren't public-domain freebies, either.
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That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from, much better than fiction, I think.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.
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When the looms spin by themselves, we'll have no need for slaves.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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Cheerfully fessing up to our failures turns crazy mind off, humility and compassion on. I learned this in a karate dojo that had a strange tradition. Everyone there loved recounting failure stories, and after an evening of smacking one another, we'd sit and have a beer while the students swapped tales of martial arts disaster.
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Boys do what they want to do, Men do what they need to do.
