Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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My government has the challenge of addressing the issue of gas. The issue of gas cannot be addressed today without the participation of all Bolivians alike.
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I'm in a constant state of gratitude.
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Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
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Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely?
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My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for her made with the speak no, see no, hear no evil monkeys. And I was fascinated by that charm. I'd sit in my mother's lap and play with it all the time.
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I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
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Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
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We used to fight the LRA with only one dimensional force that only walks on foot, but now, we have got multiple forces to fight the rebels.
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There are apparently three factors that lead to longevity: heredity, habits, and what your wife will let you get away with.
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The Candy Man can
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The important thing is not to know who 'I' is or what 'I' is. You'll never succeed. There are no words for it. The important thing is to drop the labels.
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Art is the activity that exalts and denies simultaneously. 'No artist tolerates reality,' says Nietzsche.
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Economic integration is the path to riches and peace.
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I have no intention of dying young and being some stinking rock'n'roll person.
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A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.
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The world, somebody wrote, is the place we prove real by dying in it.
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Every subject's duty is the King's; but every subject's soul is his own. Therefore, should every soldier in the wars do as every sick man in his bed, wash every mote out of his conscience; and dying so, death is to him advantage; or not dying, the time was blessedly lost wherein such preparation was gained; and in him that escapes, it were no sin to think that, making God so free an offer, He let him outlive the day to see His greatness and to teach others how they should prepare.
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For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it comes out in the songs that I'm writing.
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The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.
