Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong.
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One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other.
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I do big films just to experience personal satisfaction.
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I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and an actor. Most people know me as a singer, but I am also an actor.
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I feel like I am a lot of who I am because I watched these shows that said it was okay to be a total weirdo. Shows like 'Pete and Pete,' 'Hey, Dude,' 'Salute Your Shorts' - that's what I grew up with.
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The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups!
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Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
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The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.
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It's pretty exciting. An honorary doctorate of the arts. It doesn't get any better.
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The kind of world I'm endlessly going on about is pretty well doomed, but nevertheless I think there are recesses of it worth celebrating.
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There's always a positive to those negative times, because you come out of it so much stronger and wiser. Strength comes from every hardship, and it's been a lesson for me.
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I have absolutely no doubt that there is an intense anti-Americanism in all Western Europe, and I think the reason for that is a very, very simple one.
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It's better to be wise than to be smart.
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There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown.
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I was tired and I had overworked myself and burnt myself out. So I went to Egypt by myself. When I saw what was built there, it made me understand how powerful we are, that we can create anything. And I felt like I needed to create things that were timeless too.
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If you will not have God (and He is a jealous God), you should pay your respects to Hitler or Stalin.
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I hope we don't see no paparazzi today. Because I'm still getting acquainted with these jogging pants I threw on. Like, 'That's not my statement!'
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Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce.
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I think there's a bit of me in every character. Basically it just depends on what happens with the character.
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If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.
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Now it is usual-but not to say normal-for people to interest themselves primarily in means, without noticing that means exist only in relation to ends and that, in accepting certain means, they unconsciously accept the ends that make them so. In other words, they accept whatever philosophy happens to be embodied in the values and institutions of a particular civilation.
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What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong.
