Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.
Norman Douglas
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Poverty is the worst form of violence.
Mahatma Gandhi
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On Friday night, if you want to go out on a date with your wife or your girlfriend, nothing on Netflix competes with that, right? Because you're getting out; that's what you're doing. If you don't want to put your shoes on, nothing in the cinema competes with the worst thing on Netflix.
Ted Sarandos
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People have a tendency to blame politicians when things don't work, but as I always tell people, you get the politicians you deserve. And if you don't vote and you don't pay attention, you'll get policies that don't reflect your interest.
Barack Obama
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I also love a quiet placeThat's green, away from all mankind;A lonely pool, and let a treeSigh with her bosom over me.
W. H. Davies
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I don't want to be conducting Mahler with my head stuffed full of 10 million notes from other composers.
Lorin Maazel
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To be a writer, you need to like spending a lot of time by yourself in the company of imaginary people.
Jane Lindskold
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But anyway, I was convinced that it would go away, you know. But the idea was that he was sitting on a flight - you know, one of those sort of fairly long flights, like, sort of, you know, Newark to Denver or something like that - so, you know, a few hours.
Nick Lowe
Brinsley Schwarz
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Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your heart.
Jill Lepore
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The important thing, once you have enough to eat and a nice house, is what you can do for others, what you can contribute to the enterprise as a whole.
Donald Knuth
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The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.
Adam McKay
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It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.
Norman Douglas
