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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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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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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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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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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I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?
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I'm really pragmatic. That's my reality.
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The thing about abs is if you hit them daily, you feel more put-together.
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There's a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that's very important to take into consideration when you are deciding what to do when.
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Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.
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The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost.
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I have confidence in my personality, because I think that if I talk to people hopefully they will like me, but I don't have confidence in my body.
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Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature.
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Cigar smoking by it's very nature is much more reflective than interactive.
