Douglas Dunn Quotes

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence.

Douglas Dunn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: October 23, 1942

Topics

ConfidenceComplacencyInsecurity

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

Jimmy Carter

NatureLoveMusicArtLanguage

Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves.

John Flavel

SinOthersAgainstEasierThanSins

I try to get in one, one-hour spinning class per week.

Robert Herjavec

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Most people here agree that the rhetoric got overblown on both sides of the Atlantic before the Iraq war, and it was a disagreement among friends over the timing, not the substance, of the Iraq war.

John S. Tanner

WarPeopleFriendsTimingRhetoric

As I grew up, I was interested in other areas, too, especially literature. It became a major love of mine. Later, it became a difficult choice for me as to whether to major in music or literature. It wasn't until my 30s that I began a profession in music.

Tom Glazer

LoveMusicMeLiteratureChoiceUp

I was quite intrigued by the idea of following the exploits of people who are often in the margins. You see the negotiators, but it's usually the SWAT team or the tactical team that draw our eye.

Luke Roberts

PeopleTeamEyeYouSeeIdea

People on the lower rungs are more vulnerable to sexual harassment than those at the top.

Dawn Steel

PeopleMoreTopHarassmentThan

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

Christopher Morley

ParentingLuckBadBad LuckUpKids

It's a spinoff of the original Cracker Jack, but it's Cracker Jack'd. Frito Lay, when they asked me to be a part of it, I tried it, and I really like it. My favorite's the peanut butter and chocolate.

Ashley Tisdale

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At this point I was strongly advised that I was too young socially to go to college so I took a second senior year at Andover, another boarding school.

William Standish Knowles

SchoolCollegeYearGoYoungSenior

Some people have called me the anti-Trump, and I'm so proud.

Pramila Jayapal

PeopleMeProudSome PeopleSome

Look, Orrin Hatch is not a bad guy. But he is an old guy, and he's a lifer politician.

Scott Howell

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