Douglas Jerrold Quotes
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I try to give my best to everything I do. I don't think of housework as beneath my dignity; that's just the way I was brought up.
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The very success of medicine in a material way may now threaten the soul of medicine.
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I'm from Denver, and there is really nothing acting-wise to do there except for theater. I did everything I could get my hands on until I was able to make it to L.A.
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I'm excited to be a part of the new direction the Barbie brand is headed, specifically how they are celebrating diversity in the line and encouraging kids to raise their voices.
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If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
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Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't find him stiff at all.
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If economists were to wait for careful studies before offering opinions about policy, we would never have anything timely to say.
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The ethics of journalism are one thing. Another thing is the ethics of business.
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I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter I admire is to ask them how do they receive songs.
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What kind of people would be able to rationalize better than other people? Better storytellers, right? Creative people, right? Because if you're creative, you find more ways to cheat and still yourself a story about why this is okay.
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Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.'
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Every intellectual product must be judged from the point of view of the age and the people in which it was produced.
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Animals that are killed for their flesh lead miserable lives. They are kept in disgusting conditions. The simplest little thing you can do not to hurt animals is just not eat them. I'm bringing my four children up vegetarian, and I know absolutely that I'm giving them the very best start in life.
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You will be able to program a robot to follow a track on the ground and manipulate a hand. You can also write little programs that will give the robots goals.
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I get uncomfortable in large groups of people and loud music.
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I never think too far into the future. I'm too busy thinking about tomorrow's news.
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The last thing you want is to not be recognized for all of the hard work you put in.
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When we approach games, we're always emotional-focused, so if a free-to-play business model works against the emotion, we won't use it. If it actually works well with the emotion, or if we can come up with a new way to do monetization that's different and that's unique for the game, I would go for that.
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I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking back and forth. Just standing like this rocking back and forth, and Sidney would say, Why are you walking like that in between takes?
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.
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Let's be real: It's just TV; it's just entertainment.
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I've seen a lot of my friends go through different reality shows, and they just get caught up in a lot of stagnant positions, unfortunately.
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A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.
