Edward Norton Quotes
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy.
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Although sometimes I might sound sometimes idealist or too optimistic but I think my father used to say to me in everything bad there's something good that is going to come out of it and there will always be a tomorrow.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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What is funny is when you do a futuristic movie, you immediately get to be fashionable because you're creating something that doesn't exist.
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My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules.
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I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.
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It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.' Here are the sides.' I think I originally read for Bumper, because Donald didn't have much in the script, so I read all Bumper's lines. I beatboxed for them, because that's what my character was supposed to do. And then I was like, 'By the way, I rap.'
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Well, you can't improvise story, which is a fact. If you could, the budget would be insane.
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Singing is something I've always loved to do, and I'd never considered taking it further than the shower.
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As an actor, a lot of things you do, people don't see it.
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I really do love Diana Ross; I grew up listening to her records. I grew up in a little town in Mexico, so while we got the music, we never got the experience of watching her.
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While the final decision as to the use of my body remains with PETA, I make the following suggested directions:
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I like Liz Phair, but there were these stupid women reviewers who said she's surpassing the Stones. Dream on.
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These women, capable of the most sublime emotions, of the tenderest sympathies, were openmouthed and screaming. They wanted to live, they were helpless, likes rats in a trap, and they screamed.
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Teachers are very undervalued for what they do.
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Since no one is always right, always being right is really a role model for his children feeling inadequate.
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Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true!
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If I have a bunch of computer lingo that I have no idea what I'm speaking about, I really need to know what I'm talking about.
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Grief is Newark. It's there. Can't avoid it. The idea is to hold your nose, hope the traffic's not too bad and get on to Manhattan as quickly as possible.
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Wisdom is not developable, as if it's a matter of luck or personality or genetics. Well it's just not the case. Wisdom involves our accumulated knowledge about a subject but also a reverence for life, for an understanding that our immediate actions have long-term consequences, and for an appreciation that there are different ways of knowing and understanding situations.
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I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert.
