Quote by Norman Douglas
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There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect it bids a man to ponder or create and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide. – Norman Douglas

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How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of ones senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality. – Norman Douglas

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The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. – Norman Douglas

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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. – Norman Douglas

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We shall listen, not lecture learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might. – Theodore C. Sorensen

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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect. – Maimonides

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I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that its a search for how I can do things better, whether its being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve. – Tom Cruise

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I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. Im quite camp in that respect. – Jenny Eclair

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The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both. – Vaclav Havel

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When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is mans life. – Marcus Aurelius

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Lesson from Patakis success is: Use the political moment. – Andrew Cuomo

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