Nat Hentoff Quotes
This book, "Speaking Freely," starts when I came to New York. And the first chapter is about a man who became a friend of mine, much to our mutual surprise, Malcolm X.
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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
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John Boehner is a friend.
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Desire is the very essence of man.
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I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.
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Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.
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I have a dear friend here in Toronto, Sarah Millman, who has helped me a lot as a stylist.
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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
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I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
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100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman - not me, not Bill, nobody - more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America.
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If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings.
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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.
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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
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I'm not interested in being Don Quixote. I'm interested in running the City of New York.
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If the plane lost all my luggage, and I was somewhere sunny like Ibiza, I would just get a bikini, shorts, T-shirt, and sandals. If it was somewhere colder like New York, I'd go for jeans, jacket, and a pair of Louboutins.
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We're going to restructure the state government into a government that's responsive to the needs of New York state taxpayers.
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In the '50s and '60s, the life of a gay man was a secret. Homosexuality was illegal, so you didn't draw attention to yourself.
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If I'm playing a gig in London, it feels so important. The adrenaline rush here is bigger than anywhere else. I kind of like the pressure that London puts you under.
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There are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely.
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This book, "Speaking Freely," starts when I came to New York. And the first chapter is about a man who became a friend of mine, much to our mutual surprise, Malcolm X.
