Norman Spinrad Quotes
Social morality requires a shared matrix of communal reality to which to relate thought and deed, and the illusion of an objective ethical esthetic requires at the very least the conviction that objective reality is more than a contradiction in terms.
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You have to make the mistakes and have those failures in order to learn from them and grow and improve... But for me, the best way to combat any of that beating yourself up or overanalysing, the most important part is always to be prepared to the best of your ability.
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The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.
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Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
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I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated.
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I like to say it's an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.
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I'm very, very involved in charities involving youth.
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Homophobia is manufactured in high schools, so it's probably useful to keep in mind that it really does bother people.
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My dad dated a lot of supermodels.
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In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
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After marriage, the other man's wife looks more beautiful.
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I think that, at the end of the day, I'm drawn to a certain level of ambiguous storytelling that requires hard thought and work in the same way that the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle does: Sometimes you just want to put it down or throw it out the window, but there's a real rewarding sense if you feel like you've cracked it.
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For me, there are two types of people: the young and the experienced.
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I've been married a couple of times and survived!
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Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.
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We needed a true leader. Sam has a history of making big plays and big shots. The guys have a great deal of respect for him. We're going to be a much better team.
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There were so many levels to the unknown, from safe to dangerous to outright nebulous, scariest of all.
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For me, it was really a childhood dream coming true. It's sort of where the fantasy led reality, and then I got to be on the Starship Enterprise anyway. And the cool thing was - is I was the only person on this bridge who had actually been in space.
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I think it reflects the reality on the ground, that this was an important milestone that's been achieved by the Iraqi people, and it's a significant development. It's a real hopeful moment for democracy in Iraq.
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I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation.
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Social morality requires a shared matrix of communal reality to which to relate thought and deed, and the illusion of an objective ethical esthetic requires at the very least the conviction that objective reality is more than a contradiction in terms.
