Norman Spinrad Quotes
At that moment, I do now truly believe, the deed was done, in the sense that the decision of the will is the true essence of the act.
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.
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Human nature is above all things lazy.
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I have not seen 'Vaalu' yet, but I am sure it will be good.
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You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research.
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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I have to be very careful about diet and exercise.
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If Asian America exists, it is because of systemic racism.
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Right now the focus is the album that is released and then the tour coming up. After the tour they will let us know about the options and offers that came in for us.
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When I was little, I didn't smile much. Don't get me wrong. I was a happy kid, but I couldn't stand the space, dead center, in between my teeth. Yeah, I could whistle through it, but so what? That didn't win me many points on the playground in Medfield, Massachusetts.
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It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
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The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others.
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There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
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I don't live with my role, I'm a really normal person.
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With a small town mentality, you make a decision very early on as to whether you are going to do everything by the book or just go your own way and not care.
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Weak people talk and do not act, strong people act and keep quiet.
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History was a series of decisions about what to tell and a series of accidents about what survived after telling. Not truth, but a historian could search for truth, and the search was as worthy as any other human activity.
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At that moment, I do now truly believe, the deed was done, in the sense that the decision of the will is the true essence of the act.
