Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians.
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For the first time, open source, peer-to-peer protocol developers can monetize their project on a protocol level.
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I think the biggest challenge we faced in making 'The September Issue' was the fact that people in the fashion world are very suspicious of cameras. They're used to a camera being the enemy, something that is prying and looking to catch you in a compromising position, something that's judging you.
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The culmination of a long struggle was 2013, which could clearly be labeled the Year of the Gay. State after state had legalized gay marriage, despite intense opposition from the religious right.
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What makes you a good citizen makes you a good Christian... Obey the law of your land by not crossing the borders of your nation with Ebola virus.
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I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.
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It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
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She was someone who was full of life ... She represented everything that was wonderful about Sweden and about Europe.
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Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.
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There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fail to see it. Afterwards the story becomes the book of the living, like a blaring trumpet that raises from the tomb those who have been dust for centuries.
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We have to be capable of facing such a number.
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I have very healthy strong relationships with women.
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For me, when I got married and when I had my daughter, those are two things that - when it does feel like work - makes me feel like I'm working for my family. I look around and just feel so blessed, because the opportunities that have been laid at my feet are second-to-none.
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Fixing is the illness model; acceptance is the identity model; which way any family goes reflects their assumptions and resources.
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The main difference lies in wage levels, which is because our workers are not yet as well trained as in other countries. We are a poor country. This is why we must accept the conditions that prevail in international markets. But our trade unions do represent the rights of workers.
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It does not suit the world to hear that people who are leading a high life, an enviable life, a privileged life are as miserable most days as anybody else, despite the fact that it must be obvious they would be - given that we are all agreed that money and fame do not bring happiness. Instead the world would prefer to enjoy the idea, against what it knows to be true, that wealth and fame do in fact insulate and protect against misery and it would rather we shut up if we are planning to indicate otherwise.
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No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble.
