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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My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way with the dreads.
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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
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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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Who owns history? Everyone and no one--which is why the study of the past is a constantly evolving, never-ending journey of discovery.
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You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.'
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Come on, we would be foolish to say that there's never been African-American leads in some capacity, people of color in some capacity, leading shows or what have you. But it hasn't happened enough and in a manner that is an accurate reflection of the world that we live in.
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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.
