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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I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.
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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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I love India.
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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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American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
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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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We only have our nervous system to paint.
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My last album as J. Tillman, 'Singing Ax,' that was really a premeditated death rattle of the aesthetic precedent I had set. I realized I wasn't creating spontaneously; I was enforcing all these parameters. I was too self-loathing or something, and there was this obvious dissonance between my conversational voice and creative voice.
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I don't feel naked around you anymore.
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If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?
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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.
