Douglas Hodge Quotes
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
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I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me.
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My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.
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Paris ain't much of a town.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.
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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.
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It is God who gives us the opportunity to win and to get victories.
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Being an occupier is not good for anybody's global standing. It is a catalyst for terrorist recruitment.
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One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.
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Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
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One of the great dilemmas for America will be that American companies will do very well while American workers might not.
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If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.
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The one thing that disturbs me about Alec is that people don't realize that he's really funny.
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Lois: Oh, you guys have enough to worry about with your careers and all. You don't need to hear about my problems.Ginger: Are you kidding? I'd much rather hear about your problems than work on my dissertation.Lois: Thank you, Ginger. Considering you'd rather fellate Bill Clinton than work on your dissertation, that's very generous.
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You can ask anybody in the room. My numbers are the worst in here but I'm still a jerk to everybody, yelling at everybody, getting them going. Once I get it back, then I'll be even worse to the guys.
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People work hard for their money, and they expect services for the dollars they put into the city.
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Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.
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There's a difference between being happy and just thinking you're happy.
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Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster.
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There's a certain amount of screwball and genius in 'Willy Wonka.'
