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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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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I know Sir John will go, though he was sure it would rain cats and dogs.
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Today's average American is more apt to rebel against a tennis shoe not coming in the right color than against the slow erosion of our democratic freedom.
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For me, all fiction is about prizing the logic of metaphors - which is the logic of narratives in general - over reality, which is irreducibly random and senseless.
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Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door.
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Everyone, whether he is self-denying or self-indulgent, is seeking after the Beloved. Every place may be the shrine of love, whether it be mosque or synagogue.
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Dr Donne's verses are like the peace of God; they pass all understanding.
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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.
