Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic hack, and I can personally testify to how frustrated they are. Pol Pot left a very edgy photo collection behind. And Osama seems quite interested in video.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.
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One day, I want to make a PG film.
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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.
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Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.
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Redeem The time. Redeem The unread vision in the higher dream While jewelled unicorns draw by the gilded hearse.
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I didnt at first because horror movies scared me too much, but I really do love the genre and its a playground where you can really be artistic and create ideas in the minds of the audience and portray the unreal. Its very cool experimentation ground for a filmmaker.
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God is a great concept, but it doesn't work
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You must work for yourself; for what you reject may be as important for you to have seen and thought about, as what you adopt.
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I was wrong, however, to suppose that Sellers thought the world revolved around him. He thought the cosmos did too, and history, and the fates... Like every egomaniac, he behaved as if everybody else spent their day being as interested in him as he was.
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Democrats cannot conceive of 'hate speech' towards Christians because, in their eyes, Christians always deserve it.
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I am not an expert on Chinese science fiction. I probably know more than anyone else in the West, but that doesn't actually mean I am an expert.
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It doesn't matter who other people are saying the favourite is; I'm still going in to win the gold medal.
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Dance music is like a virus: it has affected so many different genres.
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Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught in the middle of their own reality.
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Extreme situation in which Germany finds itself, we have no choice but to vote for the grand coalition.
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I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.
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Whatever the lady does is wrong. I do not know of a single right decision taken by her.
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Advances in technology - hugely beneficial though they are - render us vulnerable in new ways. For instance, our interconnected world depends on elaborate networks: electric power grids, air traffic control, international finance, just-in-time delivery, and so forth.
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You can cram a truth into an epigram - the truth, never.
