Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
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Of course, as consumers, we want cheap and good products; however, if these production processes are exceeding wastewater discharge standards and even causing heavy metal pollution, they will cause long-lasting damage to the ecological environment and public health.
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I like sitting close to windows.
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I just want to do my job.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I hope people describe my music as lyrically driven, cross genre. Kind of alternative, kind of indie, kind of rap, kind of everything.
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I have disassociated myself from that book.
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Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
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I was not really as good as I should have been.
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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.
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I think people have to sharpen their eyes and look. I always feel like a big sponge: I feel like I learn lots of things by osmosis, and I feel that I'm always absorbing. I mean, when people say, 'What is your inspiration?' I could throw up. I mean, I'm inspired by the fact I get up in the morning. And I'm still here.
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Life is ruthless, and its bestowal of fortune arbitrary and capricious. I'd been born to morons, and mine was a shabby life.
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I've been on tour since I was 16, and I always do meet-and-greets before and after shows, so you kind of build these friendships with people. I have girls come up to me and tell me exactly what's going on in their love lives.
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I take this art very seriously and passionately. I love what I do. You can't help but grow. That's not to say you don't make mistakes or make bad choices, but that's part of the art. Painters paint bad paintings.
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My job, originally, was to write blog posts for their 'HubSpot' blog. They have a business model built on content. Then I was writing e-books for them, and after I came back from L.A., they had this new plan to launch a podcast.
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Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
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Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
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I've never professed to be anything but an average student.
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I see the possibilities of a new kind of painting. With free surfaces, the goal I was always steering towards.
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They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.
