Douglas William Jerrold Quotes
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.
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I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.
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I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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If you really want to see the face of war, see the faces of survivors.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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The future of time, of how it's won or lost, endured or enjoyed, expanded or compressed, will depend on how it's valued, not how it's measured.
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There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn't drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don't think there's any question that New York City's very tough laws have reduced violence.
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I think the most important thing we as writers can do is figure out how we define what success will mean to us and focus on that.
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From the leg lamp to Ralphie's tongue getting stuck on a frozen pole to that BB-gun incident, 'A Christmas Story' has left its mark on all our brains, so much so that it sometimes feels like this story is our own.
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Towards the avoidance of a piece of verbal confusion: What is intended to be actively destroyed must first of all have been firmly grasped; what crumbles away crumbles away, but cannot be destroyed.
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Lay your head upon my pillowHold your warm and tender bodyClose to mineHear the whisper of the raindropsBlow softly against my windowMake believe you love meOne more timeFor the good timesFor the good times..
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For makeup, a bit of blusher - what you call bronzer - a bit of an eye, and an eyelash curler.
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He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.
