Norm MacDonald Quotes

I don't have any ego about it, but I find there's not a great work ethic in show business. A lot of people are in it to make money, and coming from stand-up, you have to work so hard because almost nothing works, and if you lose the audience for three minutes, you're dead.

Norm MacDonald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: October 17, 1963

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I'm an honorary Royal Marine and Green Beret.

Jimmy Savile

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President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.

Jim Cooper

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I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.

Jill Abramson

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I'm an odd mixture. I'm a sort of Geordie punk who started in classical theatre. It means nobody ever knows quite where to put me, but I like that.

Andrea Riseborough

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I've been doing long-distance backpacking since 2002 when I hiked the Appalachian Trail. You start to calm down and relax and get into the slower rhythm of nature.

John Mackey

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I do not weep: I loathe tears, for they are a sign of slavery.

Max Beckmann

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If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you!

Matthew Simpson

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I think my music's more disturbing than Tupac's - or at least I thought some of the themes of 'The Downward Spiral' were more disturbing on a deeper level - you know, issues about suicide and hating yourself and God and people and everything else.

Trent Reznor

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I don't think I'm boring.

Tony Parker

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Social acceptance, 'being liked,' has so much power because it holds the feelings of loneliness at bay.

Rollo May

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I'm the biggest slob in the world. My apartment is a mess.

Monica Keena

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I lust after iPods or Mini Coopers not because they're unique, but because they've been so artfully made that I couldn't imagine doing it better myself.

Clive Thompson

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