#ay

You never make all things for all people and can't always pander to the broadest denominator. I keep an eye toward doing the themes that interest me. Do they move me? Interest me? Make me think? When I run across something that is provocative in an unsettling way, it appeals to me. ↗

— Edward Norton

#all things #always #appeals #broadest #denominator

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment. ↗

— Gale Norton

#economic #economic activity #environment #i #i think

In Washington, there's always an effort to label people. ↗

— Gale Norton

#effort #label #people #washington

The developers, if they decide to move a tortoise, have to pay the long-term costs for enhancing the areas that take care of the tortoise, and it gives us the opportunity to manage an area that is going to be protected. ↗

— Gale Norton

#areas #care #costs #decide #developers

Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation? ↗

— Gale Norton

#environment #government #government regulation #heavy-handed #only

All my day is spent dealing with other people. When I come home I like it to be empty. The presence of others in my house kind of annoys me. I love coming home and shutting the doors. I feel brain dead. I'm relatively available, but not to live with. ↗

— Graham Norton

#available #brain #come #coming #coming home

In terms of language, yeah we get bleeped and blurred and things, but in terms of content, I would probably say we're getting away with more here than we could get away with in Britain. And that surprised us so much! ↗

— Graham Norton

#blurred #britain #content #could #get

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

#ambition #being #comic #enough #finally

My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like, 'okay, if that's what you want'. And he was a very good guest. That's a real exception to the rule. ↗

— Graham Norton

#come #day #exception #friday #george

When my mother passed away I was 20. ↗

— Deborah Norville

#i #mother #passed