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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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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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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Peace in the Middle East has been on the Obama administration's mind from the beginning. Two days after his inauguration, the president traveled to the State Department to announce the appointment of George Mitchell as his Middle East peace negotiator.
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The Father's plan is designed to provide direction for His children, to help them become happy, and to bring them safely home to Him with resurrected, exalted bodies.
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There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
