Douglas Fairbanks Quotes

People are divided into two classes - those who profit by experience and those who do not. The unfortunate part of it all is that the latter class is by far the larger of the two.

Douglas Fairbanks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 23, 1883 - December 12, 1939

Topics

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I think fashion takes itself way too seriously. It's just fashion, people. It's just clothes. It should be frivolous and fun. You're not meant to see it as church and pray to a blouse.

Jeremy Scott

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I don't see the necessity to be friends with anyone you've dated, but definitely out of respect of the time, you have to be kind of respectful, and that's what I try to do.

Joel Madden

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Stubborn isn't a word I would use to describe myself; pigheaded is more appropriate.

Michael Bloomberg

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The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties to the social compact.

John Quincy Adams

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We have to stop thinking about ourselves so much and start thinking about the environment. We have to change.

Stefanie Powers

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You commit a felony, it does not matter who you are, you could be deported.

Slick Rick

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An older guy, he's going to show you things that a young man can't show you. He's going to show you how to stay alive. He's going to show you how to turn corners where your young friends will show you how to turn right into that wall, you know what I'm saying?

Snoop Dogg

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My dad said to me, 'Work hard and be patient.' It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.

Simon Cowell

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Technologically, it is not hard to launch an object into space. Emotionally, it has been difficult.

Trevor Paglen

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I hate sitting around labouring over things. I love just getting into it.

Toni Collette

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I am strongly pro-life, and have fought to protect the rights of the unborn my entire career. I will continue to fight for this cause because I value the sanctity of all human life.

Rob Bishop

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My mother watched her loving husband look at her with blankness or contempt and sometimes hatred. And yet dementia is classed as a social condition, so that the state is not required to pay for long-term residential care. Calling it what it is - brain damage - is too expensive.

Rose George

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