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Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.

~Edward Norton

Topics: Breakfast Eating Instead Meaningful Networking Social Something Telling Use World You

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I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. You're trying to get inside a certain emotional reality or motivational reality and try to figure out what that's about so you can represent it.

~Edward Norton

Topics: About Acting Always Certain Confused Emotional Empathy Exercise Figure Get Inside More Motivational Out Reality Represent Sympathy Thought Try Trying Which You

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I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government.

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Topics: Almost Forgot Government Like Proud

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I'm fascinated by the ways in which people express themselves, because their responses are often counter to what they're actually feeling. Like when they're frightened, they tend to freeze. When they're angry, it doesn't always come out as volume. There are wonderful contradictions in the way that people express their emotions.

~Edward Norton

Topics: Actually Always Angry Because Come Contradictions Counter Emotions Express Fascinated Feeling Freeze Frightened Like Often Out People Responses Tend Themselves Volume Way Ways Which Wonderful

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Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people.

~Edward Norton

Topics: Basically Century Conservation Dealing Ecosystems Moving Needs People Preserving Think Toward I Think 21St Century

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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

Topics: Across All People All Things Always Appeals Denominator Doing Eye Interest Keep Make Me Move Never People Provocative Run Something Themes Things Think Toward Unsettling Way You

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It's nice when someone knows their lines.

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Topics: Knows Lines Nice Someone

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It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.

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Topics: Better Miss Miss You Much People Seen Than Too Too Much You

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Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

~Edward Norton

Topics: Avoided Element Faced Life Like Poker Risk Should

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The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.

~Edward Norton

Topics: Better Bubble Create Disbelief Magic More Suspension While You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: August 18th, 1969

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