Norman Cousins Quotes
The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways the highest adventure on earth.
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Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, there wouldn't be a play. He has to be annoying, if you will, and not do what would be the thing to do.
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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
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People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I want more movies like 'Straight Outta Compton.' Showing our stories of triumph, we'll make it through, and we'll get to something better.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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The case is I talk for a living, so I should be able to say anything I want to say regardless of how you feel. What we're starting to deal with now is your opinion matters, but to be quite honest, your opinion means nothing.
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O fading honours of the dead!O high ambition, lowly laid!
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As an actor, whether I'm playing Othello on stage or David Estes on 'Homeland,' that ability to give into your imagination is something that I enjoy.
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Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction, I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike.
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If you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who rise above it.
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'99.9%' is the end product of years and years of me going through multiple styles and interests.
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I try to keep my filters simple. I don't do anything major to my photos.
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At the age of 15 I began my singing lessons, and once I became a professional performer, I dove into acting.
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The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason.
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I really wasted a lot of time in my 20s.
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For nothing can be greater than seduction itself, not even the order that destroys it.
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A border collie named Orson inspired me to buy a 110-acre farm with four barns and a sheep. That led to a series of books about Bedlam Farm and about dogs, rural life, lambing and herding sheep.
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You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames. But if you find your great-great-grandfather in 1870 and it says he's 50, that means he was born in 1820 and you're back to 1820 already. For an American that's pretty damned good, you know?
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Every woman is a character - but people need to see I'm a regular human. It's like you wear a pink wig and you're no longer human all of sudden.
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Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience.
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Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.
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The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today.
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The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways the highest adventure on earth.
