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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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 don't see myself as exotic.
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I'm terrible with money, absolutely awful. I'm always losing it.
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Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.
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The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.
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Once upon a time, soft toys were for babies. Now they're taken for granted as a feature of adult life.
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You can see that a city is prosperous by the wealth of goods for sale in the market. Land too we call prosperous if it bears rich fruit. And so also the soul may be counted prosperous if it is full of good works of every kind.
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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.
