Douglas Jerrold Quotes
Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.
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But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
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I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
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I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past.
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Movies are a director's medium, and they end up getting less credit than actors. They get the flak if the movie doesn't do well, and the actor walks away with most of the credit if the film does well.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed.
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After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy.
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If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the muscle. You've got to get rid of that fat! How do you get rid of fat? By changing your diet.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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My mother is the reason I'm in fashion. She worshiped it. Unfortunately, she infected me.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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If you live a rebellious lifestyle, then you rebel against things because they go against your ideals and the integrity of who you are as a person.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
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I love cars, but I love bikes more.
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The last thing in the world that I would want to know, in my own life, is when I'm going to pass away.
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while the shadows like long fingers over the haystacks that sweep past keep shocking him because he is riding backwards.
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This is the reason why the doctrine of plurality of wives was revealed, that the noble spirits who are waiting for tabernacles might be brought forth
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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A good producer brings out the best in the artist he's working with. You shouldn't be able to listen to something and say, 'So-and-so produced this album.'
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Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.
