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.
Florence Griffith Joyner -
There is a supply for every demand.
Florence Scovel Shinn -
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.
Iain De Caestecker -
Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of.
Yvonne Strahovski -
Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.
Natalie Massenet -
I didn't aim at anything except good music.
Waylon Jennings
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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.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
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.
Nas -
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.
Calvin Johnson -
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.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
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.
Ira Sachs -
Twitter, to me, works if you're funny. Twitter doesn't work as a promotional tool unless you do it very, very, very occasionally.
Albert Brooks
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Baseball is not what I love. It's my job.
Eric Davis -
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.
Debbie Reynolds -
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.
David Blunkett -
I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that.
Mark McGwire -
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.
Mario Monti -
As the daughter of two teachers with first-class degrees, I'd always seen myself as a duffer by comparison.
Mary Quant
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Certain audiences get the double meaning and some of the references and ironies, but there's definitely been shows where I feel like I'm not doing it well enough for it to come across as anything other than "oh, she's hot and she's dancing."
Emily Haines Broken Social Scene -
The business of America is not business. Neither is it war. The business of america is justice and securing the blessings of liberty.
George Will -
“Heather resented it that this woman was his daughter. How does a writer of the most subtle, serious fiction end up with a daughter who watches Oprah? I’d be a better daughter for him than she is.
Brian Morton -
I like reading reviews. If they're clearly hating on you, I try not to read that deeply. But if they really are trying to understand, it's interesting.
Jon Favreau -
In f-major, c* is a sonority contained within the overtones of the tonic f*.
Jean Philippe Rameau -
Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest.
Norman Douglas