Norman Thomas Quotes
The central law of all wholesome life is reciprocity, mutuality. ... But the group is valuable only as it permits personalities, not automatons, to emerge.

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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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I'm proud of my family, very proud - I have ten grandchildren, four children, and one wife.
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I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book.
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I've walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape, you have a certain view. If you stand still, the landscape doesn't necessarily tell you how big it is. It doesn't really tell you what you're looking at. The moment you start to move the mountain starts to move.
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I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs.
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Believing you're something that you're not excites the mind and the imagination. And it's hopeful.
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We will see the presence of angels and we will see an intensification of miracles around the world.
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I had a weirdly awesome high-school experience.
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Performance art can be produced in a coffee house setting.
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When you go to a show, Americans in New York are very proper, much more so than the French. Everything is perfect. Their hair, the nails, everything. The look. Everything is perfection.
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I don't know that I'm actually bipolar, but I definitely have huge mood swings, and I'm definitely passionate about the way I feel. I'm not really lukewarm one way or the other.
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We are to have a tiny party here tonight. I hate tiny parties, they force one into constant exertion.
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Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.
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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing.
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The law is like rope...useful, necessary, strong, but it can be bent and twisted into all kinds of shapes depending on the occasion.
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The small are always dependent on the great; they are 'small' precisely because they think they are independent. The great thinker is one who can hear what is greatest in the work of other 'greats' and who can transform it in an original manner.
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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The central law of all wholesome life is reciprocity, mutuality. ... But the group is valuable only as it permits personalities, not automatons, to emerge.