Norman Cousins Quotes
People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel the happiest when I'm at the golf course. And I feel calm when I'm on the golf course. I think I'm just a much better person when I'm on the golf course.
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The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.
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I have personally seen Ted Cruz stand up and fight on the issues that matter the most to conservatives, even when it wasn't popular in Congress.
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I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.
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Beneficial in theory, so-called free trade agreements far too often have been detrimental to the United States economy and the manufacturing sector that forms its central pillar.
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Given the accelerating velocity of history, we should begin charting deliberately the next phase in its trajectory.
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My sister and I had resolved never to become teachers because the job seemed to demand so much. My mother always seemed to be working. Our dining room table was cluttered with papers waiting to be read and graded.
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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
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My passion is capturing what it feels like to love, be it romantic or otherwise. I love to watch two people realize what they meant for each other - and that goes across all media, books, TV, movies, personal essays; everything.
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I'm one of the ones who believed the Iraq War was a complete mistake from the very beginning.
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I lived in Paris for six months when I was sixteen. It was a fend-for-yourself environment.
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People always ask is it hard being an entrepreneur and a mum, and the answer is 'yes.'
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Of course the death of Geoffrey has caused a lot of trauma to me generally.
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There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.
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Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, 'If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?'
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The trouble with him was that he was without imagination. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances.
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Congress ought to wipe the stain of barbaric lynching from the banners of a free and orderly representative democracy.
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A guitar can be so human, so sorrowful, so angry, and I wanted to figure out how to achieve that vibe without having to actually use guitars, because 'Badlands' is a very futuristic record - and making it that in an era of futuristic music is a really hard thing to do!
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There's something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can't help getting in sync.
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A lawyer from Africa wants to marry Malia Obama in exchange for goats, sheep, and cows. In response, President Obama said, 'Don't be ridiculous. My daughter isn't marrying a lawyer.'
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Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.
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I have nothing in my life besides my work. I am obsessed with it. I leave my house only when I'm forced to.
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People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.
