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Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.
Edward Norton
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Edward Norton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 18
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Edward Harrison Norton
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I don't have anything to prove to anybody, which is a lovely place to be.
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The incentive for business is not, and cannot, be anything other than the root incentive for all business: they must profit.
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A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience.
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People are worried about the degree to which corporate interest is starting to threaten human interest.
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You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with.
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I remember as a kid having the offer of a scholarship, that it was going to be like going to Mars, and deciding to stay in my public school.
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With Edward Norton you'd never say, This is the one we're going with whether you like it or not. It has to be agreed upon.
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Making really great music, making really great films, writing great books is an antidote to all of that. And, as people, as artists, some of the massive disruption that technology is causing is so exciting, the way that people can share creativity now.
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Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way.
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If two people are at completely different stages in their spiritual life, that can present a real problem.
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