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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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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Instead of focusing on my looks I focus on the character that I am playing.
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They take inadequate views of Christ's prophetic character, who think Jesus came only to utter discourses, parables, and prayers. Suppose all He ever said to be found in the writings of Jewish rabbis and heathen philosophers, His great function would still be an orginal one, to show us the Father.
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Children are resilient and strong with powerful spirits.
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We all have views on what our Irishness means to us. Two members of the band were born in England and were raised in the Protestant faith. Bono's mother was Protestant and his father was Catholic. I was brought up Catholic. U2 are a living example of the kind of unity of faith and tradition that is possible in Northern Ireland.
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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.
