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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Basically hated everything made in the '80s, music television - it was really about the '90s for me. 'Encino Man' was a big hit. 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights.'
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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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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.
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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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The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
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A friend of mine works for Autism Speaks. It's an amazing cause that is making a real difference in the lives of so many people.
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I myself got married at a very young age. It has always intrigued me because marriage is very synthetic in an otherwise natural world.
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I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and learn different cultures!
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Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.
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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.
