Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
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I was born in India - but never really lived there.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
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All beautiful things in this world are because of women.
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The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.
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I'm only seeing tennis balls these days. And maybe the occasional fashion sketch.
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I have always been a movie buff and had no interest in any games and sports. I do not even watch cricket, which is one of the favourite games of most of my friends. However, I have become a wrestling fan after 'Dangal.'
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I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
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Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
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The wealthy man is not he who has money, but he who has the means to live in the luxurious state of early spring.
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Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public.
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The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state of Mississippi, they put me on steroids, thinking they were doing the right thing, and I had a violent reaction.
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There's always a Justin Bieber. Ever since I've been around, there's always been one of him.
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I think it is fair to say that during World War II there was a high sense of purpose. The country had a very clear vision of its own standing, of its own morality. It was not an ambiguous time. Today, we live in a world that is highly ambiguous, very fractured, with many of the historical, traditional values in a state of collapse, really.
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I've been at the funerals of a lot of people in my neighborhood. Sometimes when I sit back and relax, I think about that and just blank out.
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If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy.
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You don't get old being stupid.
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It is a testament to our naïveté about culture that we think that we can change it by simply declaring new values. Such declarations usually produce only cynicism.
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There is nothing more beautiful than nature early in the morning.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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Adopting a really positive attitude can work wonders to adding years to your life, a spring to your step, a sparkle to your eye, and all of that.
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A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
