Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
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The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
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There is a supply for every demand.
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Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
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Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of.
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Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.
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I didn't aim at anything except good music.
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When I see Bruce Banner becoming the Hulk, it's only a picture. My imagination has to do some of the work there, to impute feeling and everything. We're talking about something that's so surreal, it's just not possible within the world as we know it. So that requires a form that is not so literal.
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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I've seen out there, you know, the things that's out there that ain't good for her. It's a crazy world we live in.
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It is what it is. I balled out, had some good years, man, had fun and did it with some guys and made relationships that will never end.
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We look at young black kids with a scowl on their face, walking a certain way down the block with their sweatpants dangling, however, with their hoodies on. And folks think that this is a show of power or a show of force. But I know, because I've been among those kids, it ultimately is fear.
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I've always been interested in how the individual comes to know and accept him or herself, which I think has been hard for me.
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Twitter, to me, works if you're funny. Twitter doesn't work as a promotional tool unless you do it very, very, very occasionally.
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Baseball is not what I love. It's my job.
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He caressed my backside. I had heard that he was famous for his 'admiration' of the ladies, but I didn't expect him to be handling my booty. As handsome as Prince Philip is, I wasn't sure if he was making a pass or just exercising some royal rights to squeeze the foreigners.
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My job as Labour Home Secretary is to ensure people are prepared to listen to us when we take on our opponents across the political spectrum.
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You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, 'Why do women do this?' Where do you go in your 50s in your career?
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I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that.
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Dominant companies have a special responsibility to ensure that the way they do business doesn't prevent competition... and does not harm consumers and innovation.
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As the daughter of two teachers with first-class degrees, I'd always seen myself as a duffer by comparison.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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It takes a smart man to play dumb.
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Psychology is as important as substance. If you treat people with respect, they will go out of their way to accommodate you. If you treat them in a patronizing way, they will go out of their way to make your life difficult.
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Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest.
