Norton Juster Quotes

People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of.

Norton Juster

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PeopleNeverAskAlwaysInfluences

A great deal of the work I do involves the military.

Ander Crenshaw

WorkGreatMilitaryDealGreat Deal

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

Jean Rostand

SincerityPointPessimismEvenOther

I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast.

Sienna Miller

GirlRomanticPurposeThinkYou

I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality.

Mathieu Kerekou

PovertyWouldLikeReaffirmFatality

My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

MarriageMotherSonWarWorldHer

I would never call myself anti-football. I think I'm pro-information, pro-people making informed individual choices, pro-health, so for that reason, personally, I'm apathetic towards football. But at the same time, I think we can retain some civility, and I understand why people support and love it.

Chris Borland

LoveTimeMyselfFootballSupport

Understanding how your business affects human rights and using that knowledge to shape appropriate policies and practices is crucial to achieving what should be the goal of all corporations - sustainable growth.

Cherie Blair

GrowthBusinessKnowledgeGoalHuman

I've had the chance to meet families with children who are sick, and it's heartbreaking.

Cole Swindell

ChildrenSickChanceMeetWhoHad

Californian artists are kind of willing to push the limits a little bit further just because that's kind of our mentality in that state.

Brett Young

LimitsPushJust BecauseKindLittle

The worst thing about me is my toes. I've thick joints from wearing pointe ballet shoes - I went to a dance school from the age of 11 and danced every day.

Pixie Lott

AgeShoesDayDanceSchoolMe

I don't write the same book twice.

Lydia Millet

BookWriteSameTwice

If I were amazing with a sword, I wouldn't care about the tender things in life.

Gwendoline Christie

LifeAmazingCareSwordThingsWere

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