Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
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We all know now that people can look good for their age. It isn't so extraordinary, I don't know why people go on about it so much.
Francesca Annis -
Marginal tax rates are the lowest they've been in generations, and all we can talk about is tax cuts.
Patrick McHenry -
The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools, get married and have children. They don't vote in our elections.
Hank Johnson -
Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another.
Walter Lang -
I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.
Sam Riley -
Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah.
Abu Bakr
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For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.
Washed Out -
'House of Cards' opened some doors. I've been able to tackle some diverse stories and characters.
Mahershala Ali -
Dean Owens is Scotland's most engaging and haunting singer-songwriter.
Irvine Welsh -
It was really fun. It was fun for a lot of reasons. It was fun because nobody thought that we would be successful. It was on a network that wasn't even there at the time.
Katey Sagal -
For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character.
Ferdinand Mount -
English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be.
Zadie Smith
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Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.
Sally Field -
I haven't done the profoundly impactful work many TED speakers have.
Cameron Russell -
I would train with a gay man. As long as he respected me, it's all right. I don't think much of it. The fact that a guy is gay doesn't mean he's going to accost you. He can be gay, have a relationship, live among guys who aren't gay. He can do whatever he wants with his private life.
Anderson Silva -
I started to make some commercials, which was a way for me to finally make a living at last. But it was only really a couple of films in that it looked like a viable career option.
Lenny Abrahamson -
When I was 20, I was drinking. When I was 30, I was drinking more, and at 40, way too much.
Del Shannon -
Lucasfilm looks out for 'Star Wars.' What are the values inherent in 'Star Wars' that we want to protect? It's fragile to a certain extent in that it's a single IP.
Kathleen Kennedy
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Sir, we happen to be on a mullet hunt. Have you seen any mullets going this way?
Angela Davis -
But not all books must be universally approved or applauded to bring meaning; books are, ultimately, the most personal of media. They can be important to only one person or to only a few people, and yet because of that they still have tremendous influence.
Anita Silvey -
We won the Cold War because we showed nuclear vigilance and diligence.
Chuck Fleischmann -
I'd never been in a police state. I didn't know what it was. I knew that it was, in the general way that people know that two and two is four, but it had no emotional value for me until I found myself in the middle of it.
Alan Furst -
How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken.
Norman Douglas