Patricia Norris Quotes
I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
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I think I'm very stoic. Death and dying are things that I'm used to.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
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I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.
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When movies first came out, maybe they were in black and white and there wasn't any sound and people were saying the theater is still the place to be. But now movies and theater have found their own place in the world. They are each legitimate art forms.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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Twenty years ago, there were dozens and dozens of independent television producers. There are a couple now, at the most. Mark Burnett, Endemol. It's gone. Everybody works for the Man now. And it's natural law, how that happened: Nobody prescribed it, but it's how things worked out and how it has been for decades, period.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
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Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.
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Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
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In Britain, you know there are people waiting to tear your stuff apart, so it's important for me to know that my music has subtleties and depth to it.
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I'll just say that there are times when TV shows, like 'The Honeymooners' or 'I Love Lucy' or something, where they're totally in their stride, and this thing happens, where you can tell they got everything they wanted. And it starts to look a little relaxed. No criticism to the shows whatsoever; these people are geniuses.
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When people come and see me, I want them to experience joy. I don't do any sad songs in my show. It's to lift the spirit.
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I've danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever had.
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I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
