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.
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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.
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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.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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I never said I was a genius.
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If you want to get your point across, you gotta cuss.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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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.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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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.
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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.
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It is because of me that today the union government has sanctioned special funds for the development of Bihar.
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You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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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.
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I love the ocean, but I'm just not one to lie on the beach.
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Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.
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All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.
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I'd pull my little brother on our motorcycle on an inner tube behind it. We would go fishing, we would hunt some, growing up.
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For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.
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If you want a friend, feed any animal.
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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.
