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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Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?
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Obama's ascendancy unhinged the radical right, offering a unified target to competing camps of racial, nativist and religious animus.
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Mothers and daughters find in each other the source of great comfort but also of great pain. We talk to each other in better and worse ways than we talk to anyone else.
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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The people in the decision-making positions need to be thinking differently about who to hire, and looking more unsparingly at their choices. Why give this person a break over that person? Why give this person a second chance over that person? I do think that's where gender comes into play.
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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.
