Michael Douglas Quotes
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I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.
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But I made no efforts to organize my supporters to hold on to the apparatus. Consequently I was soon expelled and my followers, who did not change coats overnight, quietly left or were expelled from the party.
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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My songs are about who I am.
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For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values.
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When I won't have work, say, after seven or eight years, or when I retire, I can't imagine leaving Hyderabad, because I love this city that much.
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I try to come to Asia twice a year. I also go to Europe - to London as well as to France to see my family - four or five times a year.
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Visually, a lot of the electronic artists have really interesting video and interesting things like that.
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer.
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As a kid I had all kinds of questions about how I fit it with my neighborhood and friends and other Latinos.
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So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia.
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Crowdsourcing aid is a cunning way to work around the do-nothing corridors of official Washington. But it also raises complicated questions about the nature of humanitarianism and what it means for a 'nation' to help.
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Cigar smoking by it's very nature is much more reflective than interactive.
