Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
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When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed to investigate a crime. After a few days, if there has not been a report of a crime, they should be destroyed.
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Too many actors get on an ego trip and won't do commercials, so they sit around for 20 years between jobs.
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I want to be up front racing.
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I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money.
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Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.
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Fate was dealing from the bottom of the deck.
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I don't attend costume parties.
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Poverty is the worst form of violence.
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One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish very much.
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A lot of people think that reptiles don't feel, and they do. I think everyone should keep in mind what it is they are buying and if it is really worth it to them.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I don't want to be conducting Mahler with my head stuffed full of 10 million notes from other composers.
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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.
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This country is a better place because Fox News has succeeded.
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On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a while, someone might pay to hear me read.
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Women are half the population and they know how to take care of themselves, if they are only given access to health care.
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A good name is still to be preferred to great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.
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Jeron Lanier and 'Lawnmower Man.' That was VR. And there was the VFX1, that big giant VR prototype unit, and I was like, 'I am going to save my money and get one of those.' And then VR just sort of drifted away.
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It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.
