Graham Norton Quotes

My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was able to pay the rent, and that was by being a stand-up comic. Not a very good stand-up comic, but good enough to make a living.

Graham Norton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: celebrity
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: April 4, 1963

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I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.

Jo Brand

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Our independence from AOL was so important to me that I negotiated an extremely odd provision in our purchase agreement that allowed me to disclose confidential information about AOL. It was their job never to give me that information. It was not my job to protect it in any way.

Michael Arrington

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Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.

Michael Bloomberg

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Talking up a storm about food is so easy for me, it's second nature.

Rocco DiSpirito

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Always being the outsider, you... feel comfortable everywhere, but you don't really feel at home anywhere. I definitely draw comedy from that.

Ronny Chieng

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It's hard to keep training at your best, but I made sure I did for when the time came, or when I did get opportunities like at Palace.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

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Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

Rudyard Kipling

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For the first three years, when I was writing, I was doing sessions with a whole bunch of different people all the time every day until I met Lindy Robbins, who kind of mentored me. And then, once you find that, all the pieces come together.

Julia Michaels

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No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary. No matter what happens to you, no matter the depth of tragedy or pain you face, no matter how death stalks you and your loved ones, the Resurrection promises you a future of immeasurable good.

Josh McDowell

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For every big American movie I've done where I was the supporting guy, I've gone back home to Canada to do supporting movies where I was the lead.

Jay Baruchel

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I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.

Dian Fossey

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I get pigeonholed into type-A personality characters, but I'm really not type A. I'm kind of a spaz.

Alison Brie

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