Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.
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People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.
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Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.
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We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.
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I run about four to five miles, three days a week. I have four young children, so pretty much the only time I can get away is real early in the morning.
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How can German music not be represented by an article?
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My life has been a series of emergencies.
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There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.
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Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.
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I was never very happy at school.
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Both of us victims of the same twentieth-century plague. Not the Black Death, this time; the Grey Life.
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The bright old day now dawns again; the cry runs through the land,In England there shall be dear bread-in Ireland, sword and brand;And poverty, and ignorance, shall swell the rich and grand,So, rally round the rulers with the gentle iron hand,Of the fine old English Tory days;Hail to the coming time!
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It is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere.
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Elisha Cook was a darling, and full of the devil. A wired - up little fellow who was always busy, busy, busy.
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I have always respected how Bobby Bowden would go out and challenge any opponent, and he produced some legendary games against the University of Miami and Notre Dame.
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I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of appearance.
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We should celebrate the fact that, unlike some countries in the world, the United States makes promises that we will never send any student away from our schools.
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Hail hero, hail hero, child of your fate Come into the kitchen don't stand by the gate And show us your wisdom before it's too late
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Will you stand by it now, or will you let the Shylocks come and have their way? It is for you to determine.
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You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.
