William O. Douglas Quotes
Man is whole when he is in tune with the winds, the stars, and the hills... Being in tune with the universe is the entire secrets.
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The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
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Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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So many people in their 20s and 30s, on Twitter, say 'Please write something for us,' so I have to listen to them, they're my audience.
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I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.
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I get angry real quick, but I also cool down just as fast. Albanians don't want to deal with anything in the moment.
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It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave Matthews for feeling good!
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I normally hit the gym five times a week. I tend to do half an hour of cardio - on the treadmill or a spin class - then head for the weights. I do a lot of core work, obviously!
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I feel like you learn how to do school in second grade through fifth grade. During those years, I was never home.
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Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
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I love comfort. Comfort is very key to me because I spend most of my time in very uncomfortable things, so it's all about trainers and flats.
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I write what I write.
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Shakespeare pulls on us and demands the best of us. You never successfully wrestle one of his plays to the ground and say, 'See? That's It!'
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The sanctions will not kill us. It's apartheid that's killing us.
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But working with Dre, I grew up with his music, so I'm still like more a fan.
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I'm belligerent rather than ambitious.
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It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.
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When men change, maybe Bond will change. But let's wait. I'm not holding my breath.
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I was travelling with Bruce Sterling on our mutual Difference Engine tour and he became aware from the experience of travelling with me that I would distinguish among the shoes in a perfectly normal fashion, but form him it was a revelation. There's a very lyrical passage in Holy Fire about old wealthy European men and their shoes, and how beautiful their shoes are, and how there have never been shoes as beautiful. I think that that was probably as close as Bruce will ever get to homage in my direction. I made him aware of footwear fashion.
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No prisoner's dilemma here. Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.
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We are much better at writing code than haiku.
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Man is whole when he is in tune with the winds, the stars, and the hills... Being in tune with the universe is the entire secrets.
