Norman MacEwen Quotes

Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Norman MacEwen

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• I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.

  

  Natalia Kills
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Feet

• The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Great
  • Men
  • Dream

• One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.

  

  Yael Stone
  • World
  • American
  • Culture

• I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows.

  

  Pat Oliphant
  • Hate
  • Taken
  • Changes

• It is better to be likable than to be talented.

  

  Utah Phillips
  • Better
  • Talented
  • Likable

• There's parts of it that I connect to - being a father and everything - but 'Mamma Mia!' allows me to go out there and be me and have fun. I've never really had the chance to do that with so much freedom.

  

  Aaron Lazar
  • Fun
  • Father
  • Freedom

• I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Know
  • Movies
  • Debate

• People would say, 'Can I hug you?' And I would say, 'Yes, you can hug me! We're fellow New Yorkers!'

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • People
  • Me
  • Hug

• The real Edie is where the action is. Fast cars, fast horses, and people doing things!

  

  Edie Sedgwick
  • People
  • Real
  • Action

• You shall not pile, with servile toil, Your monuments upon my breast, Nor yet within the common soil Lay down the wreck of power to rest, Where man can boast that he has trod On him that was 'the scourge of God.'

  

  Edward Everett
  • God
  • Power
  • Rest

• Real fulfillment, for the man who allows absolutely free rein to his desires, and who much dominate everything, lies in hatred.

  

  Albert Camus
  • Real
  • Free
  • Lies

• I mean, there's no arguing. There is no anything. There is no beating around the bush. 'You're fired' is a very strong term.

  

  Donald Trump
  • Strong

• We have met the Devil of Information Overload and his impish underlings, the computer virus, the busy signal, the dead link, and the PowerPoint presentation.

  

  James Gleick
  • Devil

• I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.

  

  Andrea Bocelli
  • Mind
  • Home

• My heart started running away, like a pack of horses. Then it slowed down and became irregular.

  

  Kevin Nealon
  • Heart
  • Running

• I think anyone in life, everyone in the world, no matter what work they do, they should think of wanting to get on, to win, improve.

  

  Diego Costa
  • Life
  • World
  • Work

• I was at this fancy school, and I felt out of place, so I rebelled.

  

  Jimmy John Liautaud
  • School

• If you want to be a legitimate artist, it's more important what you say no to.

  

  Kesha
  • Important

• In 'Friday Night Lights,' the relationship between the coach and his wife, that marriage was something that you couldn't really understand until you actually saw it exist on film.

  

  Jason Katims
  • Night
  • Relationship
  • Wife

• Since coming back from Iraq, there's been so many triumphs and obstacles standing in my way, so whenever I set my mind to something, I definitely just go full blast at it.

  

  Jessica Lynch
  • Mind
  • Obstacles

• Become slower in your journey through life. Practice yoga and meditation if you suffer from 'hurry sickness.' Become more introspective by visiting quiet places such as churches, museums, mountains and lakes. Give yourself permission to read at least one novel a month for pleasure.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Life
  • Practice
  • Journey

• The artist must continue to look for a new reference. Every day, every performance, every take.

  

  Bruce Glover

• I personally feel very strongly that what it will take is not more disasters, it's that what it will take is a vision of the future that is better than our present.

  

  Avi Lewis
  • Future
  • Vision
  • Disasters

• Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  

  Norman MacEwen
  • Life
  • Give
  • Get