Graham Norton
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Where I get bored is when I show up for a shoot and they want me to wear a feather boa. Too obvious ... GRAHAM NORTON Basically, I'm a really bad interviewer. I love meeting celebrities, but then I get a bit bored.... GRAHAM NORTON I don't think I've got bad taste. I've got no taste. GRAHAM NORTON All my day is spent dealing with other people. When I come home I like it to be empty. The presence ... GRAHAM NORTON Well, certainly I think American television is - that's proper TV. GRAHAM NORTON Some people think they're depressed and they go to the doctor and want pills. And you just think... GRAHAM NORTON Forty freaked me out. I didn't see it coming. My life was in a state of chaos - I was moving job... GRAHAM NORTON Because society places a value on masculinity, gay men aspire to it. If you go to a gay club and the... GRAHAM NORTON I do get pleasure from very inconsequential things, like shopping for clothes. GRAHAM NORTON All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to ... GRAHAM NORTON My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. ... GRAHAM NORTON I loved Lucille Ball growing up. GRAHAM NORTON Occasionally the state of the planet can knock me off my perky perch. GRAHAM NORTON We supply wine to all the guests - but most of the guests don't bring the wine on. But I drink wine ... GRAHAM NORTON My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. ... GRAHAM NORTON All my day is spent dealing with other people. When I come home I like it to be empty. The presence ... GRAHAM NORTON My version of falling in love is borderline psychotic. Should be avoided at all costs. Get obsessed.... GRAHAM NORTON I don't think I've got bad taste. I've got no taste. GRAHAM NORTON I was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy. GRAHAM NORTON The people I want are very famous and very rich, and all I can offer them is a bit of exposure on TV... GRAHAM NORTON The only people who are desperate to go on the show are people we're desperate not to have on the sh... GRAHAM NORTON Basically, I'm a really bad interviewer. I love meeting celebrities, but then I get a bit bored. Onc... GRAHAM NORTON GRAHAM EDWARD NORTON EDWARD NORTON NORTON JUSTER MIKE NORTON MIKE NORTON I think the mistake lots of people make when it comes to a psychopath is that they completely write ... JAMES NORTON CAROLINE NORTON Those we hold most dear never truly leave us ... they live on in the kindnesses they showed, the com... ISABEL NORTON RICHIE NORTON NORTON JUSTER As for courage and will -- we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust ther... ANDRE NORTON In my friend, I find a second self. ISABEL NORTON NORTON JUSTER NORTON JUSTER RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON MIKE NORTON MIKE NORTON MIKE NORTON NORTON JUSTER NORTON JUSTER NORTON JUSTER CAROLINE NORTON NORTON JUSTER NORTON JUSTER NORTON JUSTER NORTON JUSTER NORTON JUSTER CAROLINE NORTON CAROLINE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON MIKE NORTON EDWARD NORTON EDWARD NORTON GALE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON NORTON JUSTER EDWARD NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON Victory belong to the most persevering. ANDRE NORTON Always the cat remains a little beyond the limits we try to set for him in our blind folly. ANDRE NORTON There's no night without stars. ANDRE NORTON Always the cat remains a little beyond the limits we try to set for him in our blind folly ANDRE NORTON Perhaps it is because cats do not live by human patterns, do not fit themselves into prescribed beha... ANDRE NORTON Victory belongs to the most persevering. ANDRE NORTON Either the law exists, or it does not. ANDRE NORTON RICHIE NORTON It's an honor to be a part of arguably the best and biggest high school football event ever put toge... BARRY NORTON I wouldn't mind watching a couple and flying out on Saturday evening. We just filled the last game o... BARRY NORTON We want to make sure the kids know the new things we're adding by the time practice gets here in the... BARRY NORTON It's just been a case of making some adjustments here and there and playing harder in the second hal... BARRY NORTON We don't even like to say who the starters are at safety. We've played a lot of kids, and not just i... BARRY NORTON I thought the workout went well. There was a lot of enthusiasm, and the kids were having fun, althou... BARRY NORTON Obviously our No. 2 goal every year is to find depth. We'd like to come out of the spring with a sol... BARRY NORTON They had called across the state to different head football coaches, along with the media and colleg... BARRY NORTON And I think we're deserving of being there. I think our program is one of the top ones in Texas. Whe... BARRY NORTON RICHIE NORTON NORTON JUSTER EDWARD NORTON GALE NORTON I think the human race made a big mistake at the beginning of the industrial revolution, we leaped f... ANDRE NORTON MIKE NORTON RICHIE NORTON MIKE NORTON MIKE NORTON GALE NORTON EDWARD NORTON I've really had some great support through all this from my family and friends, BRYAN NORTON Mike is everybody's friend. He always seems to have a smile on his face and he always seems to be th... BRYAN NORTON Wasn't that the weirdest thing you've ever seen in your life? BRYAN NORTON I feel pretty good right now, ... But it's (injury) still something I think about from time to time,... BRYAN NORTON Nathan was playing some great golf that day, but there were still a lot of holes to play. You're in ... BRYAN NORTON It was a tough, long winter, ... I was on crutches for eight weeks and really got into rehabilitatio... BRYAN NORTON NORTON JUSTER MIKE NORTON We wanted to take the 'alleged' off our title. BRAD NORTON We want to make sure this doesn't happen again. BRAD NORTON It's good for the county because it was probably headed to the Supreme Court anyway. This way we ski... BRAD NORTON This does not stop anybody from building. It does not deal in any way, shape or form with the height... BRAD NORTON EDWARD NORTON EDWARD NORTON NORTON JUSTER CAROLINE NORTON CAROLINE NORTON CAROLINE NORTON RICHIE NORTON NORTON JUSTER Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition. ED NORTON CAROLINE NORTON NORTON JUSTER GALE NORTON GALE NORTON GALE NORTON GALE NORTON GALE NORTON GALE NORTON EDWARD NORTON GALE NORTON EDWARD NORTON It takes a lot of courage, when everyone is asking you what you want to do, if you say that you want... JAMES NORTON GALE NORTON EDWARD NORTON They have a nice home improvement niche. They believe they can co-exist with the giants and they're ... CHRIS NORTON I love good stories; you have to have a good plot - characters which intertwine with a good plot. JAMES NORTON When you talk about an icon and a legend, an extraordinary individual, as well as a people's person,... JIM NORTON EDWARD NORTON We decided not to make as much money per bar and just make more (bars). CHRIS NORTON GALE NORTON Economic-development incentives are the key to attracting quality businesses to your community. CHRIS NORTON We did a 1995 study of the U.S. 1 corridor. Nobody pulled building permits and the area bottomed out... CHRIS NORTON It's a phenomenon that's tied to growth . . . Palm Bay, with 97,000 people, is the most populated ci... CHRIS NORTON If the city were to complete the current list of public improvements one at a time, it would take 10... CHRIS NORTON There were quite a few stuck in washes. We were wading through water that was 3 to 3 1/2 feet deep. CHRIS NORTON EDWARD NORTON EDWARD NORTON Every coach is biased about his own kid, but I wouldn't trade Kevin for anybody. He accepted not mak... CLAY NORTON NORTON JUSTER EDWARD NORTON It seems like a pretty steep price. The range I was hearing was closer to $1.5 to $2 billion. CHARLES NORTON NORTON JUSTER GALE NORTON We've got four guys who have played a lot of snaps inside for us. We really feel good about our numb... BARRY NORTON We've started slow in every game, and I don't know why. I think the kids are prepared for every game... BARRY NORTON We'll probably go through 15 or 16 workouts, then see where we are. If we have to, we'll work on Fri... BARRY NORTON We knew Jimmie had the ability and speed. What he needed was playing time, and the injury has forced... BARRY NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON Hopefully, by August they'll be peaches. MAXWELL NORTON GALE NORTON RICHIE NORTON MIKE NORTON GALE NORTON If it's a sunny day, I get this weird guilt if I'm not making the most of it, so I'll wa... JAMES NORTON RICHIE NORTON The one I fought the best was the last one at Yankee Stadium. After 15 rounds I was not tired and fe... KEN NORTON The idea of the trail is to not only see some showy blossoms but to also see some nice areas of the ... MAXWELL NORTON So if you want to see peach blossoms you have to know where to look. MAXWELL NORTON Anytime a team wins a championship, we as coaches are ecstatic. We've been working for a few years t... WAYNE NORTON RICHIE NORTON MIKE NORTON RICHIE NORTON MIKE NORTON The thing about community nursing is you pretty much become part of the (client's) family. There's a... ROSEANN NORTON RICHIE NORTON RICHIE NORTON GALE NORTON If you compare the positive possibility in China to what's happening in Spain, it completely oversha... CHARLES NORTON RICHIE NORTON GALE NORTON While they pulled the keelboat up the river, each member (of the Corps) ate about nine pounds of mea... DIANE NORTON Queen Victoria - this flabby, fat, flatulent looking scion and successor of the most ignoble line of... JOHN NORTON I've only beaten Clifton once before, and to beat them like that was really nice. KALEM NORTON It seems like Justin pitches better when the pressure is on and the bases are loaded. He put a lot o... KALEM NORTON It's (East Fork's) first year, so I guess they were a little rusty. KALEM NORTON This is a good tournament for us because I get to see what a lot of kids can do. KALEM NORTON He's our senior starter, and if we had an ace, he'd be it. KALEM NORTON We just didn't hit the ball. This was really the first good pitcher we've seen, and my hat is off to... KALEM NORTON Our cook-off runs in conjunction with our Lewis & Clark Festival. When they entered South Dakota, th... DIANE NORTON
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As a stand-up comic, you have to do the road. 
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By ancestry, I was born to rule. 
I was raised to be a girl Michelangelo. 
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Never mix negative thinking with negative people. Multiplying negatives, in this instance, won't mak... 
Live who you are or die someone else. 
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