William O. Douglas Quotes
I've often thought that if planners were botanists, zoologists, geologists, and people who know about the earth, we would have much more wisdom in such planning than we have when we leave it to the engineers.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
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The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.
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You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable.
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You wouldn't know it, but I'm no good at recognising people; I have face blindness.
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I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.
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There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of those moments. This is one of those times. The people of Egypt have spoken, their voices have been heard, and Egypt will never be the same.
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In fact I am such a nonentity by the standards of our culture that People magazine not only will never feature a piece about me but might also reject my attempts to subscribe to their publication on the grounds that the black-hole gravity of my noncelebrity is powerful enough to suck their entire enterprise into oblivion.
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Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from.
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Legality can't create love if it isn't there, or preserve it if it's dying, but it can destroy love by making it compulsory.
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It is useless to advise solitude for everyone; one must be strong enough to endure it and to work alone.
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I've often thought that if planners were botanists, zoologists, geologists, and people who know about the earth, we would have much more wisdom in such planning than we have when we leave it to the engineers.
