Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
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The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.
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I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.
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I saw John Garfield smoke. He was my idol, so I smoked. I even smoked like him.
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Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.
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People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.
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The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means; 3) democratic procedures; 4) respect for human personality; 5) a belief that all people are one.
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I love children and I love men, but I can't commit to either for the rest of my life.
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He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.
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Some time ago, the United States was an English colony. If an Englishman were asked if the United States would be independent, he would have said no, that it would always be an English colony.
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Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.
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No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses.
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By creating an urgent crisis that can only be solved by those fluent in a language too complex for ordinary people to understand, the Wall Street crowd has turned the vast majority of Americans into non-participants in their own political future.
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Our economic future rests on the extent to which all students, especially those who represent America's growing majority, have access to rigorous, college-preparatory classes and excellent teachers.
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The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they will grant others their own freedom, and give less interference to another's state of consciousness.
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We don't go to parties much. I am very serious about my work. But I also have two children, and I wanted to do that job well.
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La Scala is easily one of the top 10 symbols of Italy's cultural excellence. That makes it vital to our global image. Closing it would send a message to the rest of the world that Italy doesn't care.
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I think it's important to recall... what you remember your grandmother making, where you're from and the foods you enjoyed as a child yourself, and pass that information off to your kids.
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I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right.
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A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.
