Douglas William Jerrold Quotes
There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.
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I'm actually quite a nice person. It's to do with the way I look, an uncompromising sort of face, brusque delivery and voice, and I think the combination of all that. When I'm doing pantomime, children will scream the place down before I open my mouth. There's obviously something that really gets them.
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I used to have to force myself to go, okay, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing and then all of a sudden a thought of some where could come in. Now I can just focus and not think about anything. So, yeah, I guess I do that a lot.
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If you have multiples of anything, you have the possibility of repetition. Repetition creates pattern and also unity. Put anyone in a room with a pile of similar objects and say, 'I want a pattern by 3 P.M. or no dinner.' Anyone would come up with a design. It is easy, fun and available to anybody. Most people just don't have the nerve.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
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Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.
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I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.
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I don't have any ill will or ill thought towards anybody.
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There may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts hold dominion over our heads.
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I keep everything that's private private.
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I used to a lot. I used to go dancing.
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Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.
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Sometimes providences, like Hebrew letters, must be read backwards.
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Moral contempt is a far greater indignity and insult than any kind of crime.
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We're terrified of not having the answers, and we would sometimes rather assert an incorrect answer than make our peace with the fact that we really don't know.
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In an examination those who do not wish to know ask questions of those who cannot tell.
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I believe that when people have an occupation that allows them to provide for their families, the social dimension of human nature will emerge instinctively and lead people to help and organize others less privileged.
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There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
