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.Norman Douglas
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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.
Camryn Manheim -
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.
Irwin Thomas -
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.
Mae Whitman -
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!
Jacki Weaver -
Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
Samuel Gompers -
The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.
Napoleon Hill
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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.
Iain Sinclair -
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.
Christina Aguilera -
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.
Malcolm Muggeridge -
It's better to be wise than to be smart.
Alan Alda -
There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown.
Alice B. Toklas -
There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives us to try and discover the secrets of nature, those secrets which are beyond our understanding, which can avail us nothing and which man should not wish to learn.
Saint Augustine
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Not why the addiction, but why the pain.
Gabor Mate -
See your weakness as a reason to pray the more, it should not be the reason for sadness or to abandon your post.
T. B. Joshua -
I shot for French and British Vogue. The British Vogue one featured clothes by Chloe and was shot at Highgate and the John Soane Museum. It came out much better in my opinion. I only did one day and was working with my own make-up and hair people and a model who I've known for years.
Nan Goldin -
My life isn't over and I'm not going to sit in a rocking chair and take money from the government.
Colonel Sanders -
What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire for protracted, flowing locks had virtually nothing to do with fashion, nor was it a form of protest against the constructions of mainstream society. My motivation was far more philosophical. I wanted to rock.
Chuck Klosterman -
Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.
Carl Hubbell
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In order to effect great change, we need to look at how we can help those in our own communities as well as globally.
Christina Aguilera -
It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children.
Kingsley Amis -
If you don't double-click me, I can't do anything.
John Aniston -
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong.
Norman Douglas