Douglas Jerrold Quotes
Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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I'm more of a 5 Live man. But I might listen to a bit of Coldplay or The Smiths.
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Nature can always be more complicated than we imagine.
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Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
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When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.
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Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.
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Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'
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Scientology is the study of knowingness. It increases one's knowingness, but if a man were totally aware of what was going on around him, he would find it relatively simple to handle any outnesses in that.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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Custard puddings, sauces and fillings accompany the seven ages of man in sickness and in health.
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I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.
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Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.
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Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.
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The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.
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Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, 'Oh man, this is the stuff.' It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
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I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be observed towards his own: and therefore I will not interfere in your domestic questions.
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Hackers are becoming more sophisticated in conjuring up new ways to hijack your system by exploiting technical vulnerabilities or human nature. Don't become the next victim of unscrupulous cyberspace intruders.
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I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were.
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In science, modesty and genius do not coexist well together. (In Washington, modesty and cleverness don’t.) Einstein is perhaps the most famous exception to the rule.
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I always hated when the studios just kind of said that anybody can act. You look at people like Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda - and I'm just talking about the male actors - there aren't a lot who can act. It's a very special talent, and I wish it were recognized as a very special talent.
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There is only one Donald Trump, as we know. But there are aspects of where he's coming from that I understand, which is business people that have built and actually created jobs in this country.
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Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.
