Nat Hentoff Quotes
When I was a kid in Boston, it was one of the most anti-Semitic cities in the country. If you were living in the ghetto as I was, the Jewish ghetto part of Roxbury, and you went out alone at night, you might be subject to having people attacking you for being a Christ killer.
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San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.
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I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.
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I think people appreciate honesty.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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It is so important for girls and boys to have a female, strong superhero to look up to.
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My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City.
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I didn't feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money.
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I wouldn't mind working with Outkast. I'm a big fan of them.
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I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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No no there wasn't any planned 14th season, we all saw the writing on the wall. The ratings had been going down and so fourth, that curve goes on every show and in everybody's life.
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I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.
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A lot of films come out before they're finished.
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People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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'I haven’t organized my life as a narrative, you know. I’m not sure you’ll understand.''As listeners, we are not required to understand,' said Qiingi. 'Only to care.'
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Unidentified Congressman: Will the gentleman yield? Norton: I will not yield, sir! The District of Columbia has spent two hundred and six years yielding!
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I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.
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That's the beauty of country music - you have to get out there and earn it and work hard. And when you're on the road with big name acts, you realize there's no easy way to the 'Promised Land' in this business.
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Market capitalism survived and prospered after the boom-bust industrial revolution of the 19th century, and the Great Depression and world wars of the 20th century. It will recover from the financial panic of 2008-09 and Obamanomics.
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I don't think Jimi committed suicide in the conventional way. He just decided to exit when he wanted to.
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You have to believe in yourself, that you're gonna succeed.
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When I was a kid in Boston, it was one of the most anti-Semitic cities in the country. If you were living in the ghetto as I was, the Jewish ghetto part of Roxbury, and you went out alone at night, you might be subject to having people attacking you for being a Christ killer.
