Douglass North Quotes
I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close friend; and have owned two ranches, first in northern California and then in the state of Washington.Douglass North
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
Barton Gellman -
I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.
D. H. Lawrence -
Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
Maggie Smith -
I never said I was a genius.
Orson Welles -
If you want to get your point across, you gotta cuss.
Eric Lynn Wright -
I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
Walter Isaacson
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
Samuel Lover -
In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
Harlan Coben -
What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
Samuel Beckett -
Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
Calvin Coolidge -
In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.
Mandy Patinkin -
It is because of me that today the union government has sanctioned special funds for the development of Bihar.
Lalu Prasad Yadav
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You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
W. Clement Stone -
I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
Baz Luhrmann -
I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
Kate Beckinsale -
People talk about making art films - experimental films. I can make an art film every day of the week. Nothing to it. What's difficult is to combine a commercial film with art.
Carlo Ponti -
I think I might become a pescatarian. I love sushi, couldn't give it up.
Victoria Pendleton -
One of the most interesting social trends of the past 20 years is the rise of residential segregation. So rich are living with rich and poor are living with poor.
J. D. Vance
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Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
A. N. Wilson -
Fantasy isn't something you run out of.
Nancy Friday -
If I did a talk show, this would allow me to speak on what's happening at that moment. I can be current, and I get to flex my stand-up muscle but stay at home without doing the traveling.
Wanda Sykes -
To be really mediƦval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes.
Oscar Wilde -
I have a good friend who's a Texas girl; Texas girls are a whole different breed.
John Cusack -
I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close friend; and have owned two ranches, first in northern California and then in the state of Washington.
Douglass North