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.
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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.
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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
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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.
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It is better to be likable than to be talented.
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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.
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I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?
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People would say, 'Can I hug you?' And I would say, 'Yes, you can hug me! We're fellow New Yorkers!'
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The real Edie is where the action is. Fast cars, fast horses, and people doing things!
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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.'
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Real fulfillment, for the man who allows absolutely free rein to his desires, and who much dominate everything, lies in hatred.
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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.
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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.
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I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.
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My heart started running away, like a pack of horses. Then it slowed down and became irregular.
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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.
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I was at this fancy school, and I felt out of place, so I rebelled.
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If you want to be a legitimate artist, it's more important what you say no to.
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I gave 738 Rotary Club speeches, and it was just driving me crazy, so someone said, 'Why don't you charge money?'
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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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My mother was an unbeliever - and still is. My father was a nominal Catholic. We would go in to church at the last minute before the gospel reading, take Communion, and walk right out again.
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Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.
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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.
