Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
Norman Douglas
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Like the rest of the city, LAX is coming of age.
Dana Goodyear
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It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.
Frances Farmer
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
Patrick Wilson
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I don't think anyone sets out to do something bad, it's just that it's very difficult.
Gary Cole
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If I don't die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow.
Eddie Murphy
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When I auditioned for 'Pitch Perfect,' I didn't know it was a singing movie. I didn't read the script. I go to the audition, and I'm like, 'Oh, it's a baseball movie.' But then I'm reading the lines, and I'm like, 'This doesn't seem like a baseball movie.'
Adam DeVine
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I like - I love calculus. I love linear algebra, probability and statistics, that kind of stuff. I just really like that.
Pardis Sabeti
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There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
W. Somerset Maugham
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A man’s body and the needs of his body are now everywhere treated with a tender indulgence. Is the thinking mind then, to be the only thing that is never to obtain the slightest measure of consideration or protection, to say nothing of respect?
Arthur Schopenhauer
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With life and grandkids and the whole thing, every day is busy, but I'm so thankful to God that I'm still here.
Gary Rossington
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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I think the most important thing about dance music is the connection. If you put 80,000 people together, no one knows each other, and once the music starts, everyone loves each other. That doesn't happen with a lot of genres. If you go to a hip-hop club, it's not like when one songs comes on that everyone suddenly loves each other.
Nick van de Wall
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Some people call themselves fiscal conservatives; my wife says I'm just cheap.
Derek Kilmer
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I think losing my father was OK in the sense that it's cool for me not to have a father; it's normal. I'm supposed to bury my father. But what I didn't realize was that my father was my best friend, and that still gets me... that still irritates me a lot.
Lukas Forchhammer
Lukas Graham
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There's nothing glorious about war. There's nothing glorious about holding your friends in your arms and watching them die. There's nothing glorious about having to leave your home for 6 to 8 months while your family's back here and you're away.
Marcus Luttrell
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And it was to this city, whenever I went home, that I always knew I must return, for it was mistress of one's wildest hopes, protector of one's deepest privacies. It was half insane with its noise, violence, and decay, but it gave one the tender security of fulfillment.
William Weaks Morris
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I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
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When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.
Eckhart Tolle
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Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
Norman Douglas
