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.
Manning Marable -
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.
P. J. O'Rourke -
All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
Edmund Wilson -
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.
Patricia McBride -
One day, I want to make a PG film.
Jackie Chan -
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.
Walter Bagehot
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Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.
Idries Shah -
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.
Sam Raimi -
God is a great concept, but it doesn't work
Kevin Smith -
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.
Arthur Helps -
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.
Clive James -
Democrats cannot conceive of 'hate speech' towards Christians because, in their eyes, Christians always deserve it.
Ann Coulter
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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.
Ken Liu -
It doesn't matter who other people are saying the favourite is; I'm still going in to win the gold medal.
Katie Taylor -
Dance music is like a virus: it has affected so many different genres.
Avicii -
We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts.
April Glaspie -
When I feel lost and can't make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out.
Kim Cattrall -
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
Billie Jean King
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A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.
T. S. Eliot -
Secondly, what does justice require? In the end, it requires liberty.
John F. Kennedy -
How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd.
Eddie Trunk -
It always makes me laugh when people ask why anyone would want to do a sitcom in America. If it runs five years, you never have to work again.
Lesley Lawson -
You can cram a truth into an epigram - the truth, never.
Norman Douglas