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Norman Rockwell

"It was a pretty rough neighborhood where I grew up The really tough places were over around Third Avenue where it ran into the Harlem River, but we weren't far away."

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Donna Grant

"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit."

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Donna Grant

"Whenever we don't turn the ball over, we're pretty productive. When you're turning the ball over, you're cutting down on offensive opportunities."

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Donna Grant

"That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil Spector records. On one level they were rebellion, on another level they were keeping the teenager in his place."

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Donna Grant

"I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft."

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Donna Grant

"Ultimately, it's a pretty confusing moment."

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Donna Grant

"But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good."

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Donna Grant

"My MELD score was pretty high. And the worse you get on that scale, the sooner you get a transplant. It's based on how sick you are. And believe me, I was pretty sick."

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Donna Grant

"I'm sure there's going to be some material from This Is Not Going To Be Pretty. I usually use that song to just introduce myself to the audience, although the patter in between the song is always different."

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Donna Grant

"It was a pretty rough neighborhood where I grew up The really tough places were over around Third Avenue where it ran into the Harlem River, but we weren't far away."

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Donna Grant

"I'm pretty boring really."

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Norman Rockwell
"I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I'd like to."

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Norman Rockwell
"Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible."

Beginning

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Norman Rockwell
"My best efforts were some modern things that looked like very lousy Matisses. Thank God I had the sense to realize they were lousy, and leave Paris."

God

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Norman Rockwell
"The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it."

Art

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Norman Rockwell
"It was a pretty rough neighborhood where I grew up The really tough places were over around Third Avenue where it ran into the Harlem River, but we weren't far away."

Pretty

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Norman Rockwell
"Everyone in those days expected that art students were wild, licentious characters. We didn't know how to be, but we sure were anxious to learn."

Art

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Norman Rockwell
"The remarks about my reaching the age of Social Security and coming to the end of the road, they jolted me. And that was good. Because I sure as hell had no intention of just sitting around for the rest of my life. So I'd whip out the paints and really go to it."

Life

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Norman Rockwell
"Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite."

Life

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Norman Rockwell
"Eisenhower had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actor's. Very mobile. When he talked, he used all the facial muscles. And he had a great, wide mouth that I liked. When he smiled, it was just like the sun came out."

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Norman Rockwell
"The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back."

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