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Norman Lloyd Quotes

You must be active; you must be positive, even if things don't go the way you want them to.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: November 8, 1914

Topics

Positive You Go Want Way Active

Changing people's preconceptions is something you have to do in order to search for truth. Of course normally, that's not done because it also challenges social stability, and stories, as a result, are often told much more simply.

Truth People Challenges Search You

With writing, timing is everything. Being in the right place at the right time.

Time Writing Place Right Time Timing

I have a memory of my mother kneeling in front of a cabinet in our home, tenderly cradling her wedding china. We never used the plates; she died in her 40s without ever letting herself enjoy these gorgeous pieces. I told myself that I would use my precious items.

Mother Home Myself Memory Wedding

My parents didn't allow me to do all the things the cool kids could do. I was quiet, reserved, and at some points, taken complete advantage of simply because of my sex and gender. For a while, in high school, I was so deep into self-hate.

School Parents Me Cool Deep Gender

If I can raise more money for charities, or get more Canadian kids to play golf, the green jacket will mean even more.

Money Green Golf I Can Play Jacket

But on the extremist side I didn't get any rejections at all. Everyone agreed to talk to me.

Me Talk Everyone Side Get Any

Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies - utopian images - can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century.

Perfection People Evil Society

There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent.

Douglas Hofstadter

Common Sense More Common Sense Get

Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit.

William Shirley

Alone Soul Words Greatness Spirit

With 'Ed Wood,' I sobbed. With 'Frankenweenie,' I was crying. With 'Edward Scissorhands,' I always cry. There's always an incredible amount of purity, even if they look a certain way.

Look Cry Wood Way Always Purity

Our music may sound big emotionally, but that's more to do with the playing, the level of musicianship and the full-on energy. Often, the lyrics are often quite small and focused.

Music Small Energy Focused Sound

Our forward track must focus on including everyone, embracing everyone, and celebrating the beauty - and normalcy - of everyone's differences.

Richelieu Dennis

Beauty Focus Forward Differences Our

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