Melvyn Douglas Quotes

What about life, Ninotchka? Do Russians never think about life, of the moment in which we are living? It's the only moment we ever really have.

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• The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.

  

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• It's always interesting about God because it's like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.

  

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• When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.

  

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• The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

  

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• When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.

  

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• I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.

  

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• As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.

  

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• I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training.

  

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• Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.

  

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• Call a man 'ignorant,' and you have license to show the world your vast fund of knowledge and wise him up.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
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• Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.

  

  Nelson Mandela
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• I don't wake up in the morning and say, 'Jeez, I feel great today. I think I'll write a song.' I mean, anything is more interesting to me than writing a song. It's like, 'I think I'd like to write a song... No, I guess I better go feed the cat first.' You know what I mean? It's like pulling teeth. I don't enjoy it a bit.

  

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• I think many people can relate to that excruciating pain of love gone wrong. I'd rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.

  

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• I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.

  

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• I've jumped out of an airplane 34 times. I've dove 212 feet under water. I've done a lot of things that defied death.

  

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• The truth is that politicians are basically tied to trying to get reelected, so they can't really make landmark changes.

  

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• There's only one difference between Jews and Catholics. Jews are born with guilt, and Catholics have to go to school to learn it.

  

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• Competition is like a treadmill. If you stand still, you get swept off. But when you run, you can never really get ahead of the treadmill and cover new terrain - so you never run faster than the speed that is set.

  

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• Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.

  

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• The mystery isn't in the technique, it's in each of us.

  

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• The point is that in any country, including the United States, may be in the United States even more often than in any other country, foreign policy is used for internal political struggle.

  

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• What about life, Ninotchka? Do Russians never think about life, of the moment in which we are living? It's the only moment we ever really have.

  

  Melvyn Douglas
  • Thinking
  • Moments
  • Meaningful