Nat Hentoff Quotes
My father was very impressed when he saw "Death of a Salesman," I must say. He recognized himself to some extent.
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You have to be ready for all the games and be at 100 per cent if you want to win in this League.
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To make headway, improve your head.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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People who get rich early should help the rest get rich.
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A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
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As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a dramatic truth, but still an honest portrayal.
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Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend certain things, it does not follow that he must be able to comprehend everything.
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Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
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I even done a doo-wop version of the Mickey Mouse march.
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Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed the great majority of both the positive and negative particles to possess unit electric charge.
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I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insane? Mentally ill? I don't know.
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I heard it in 2008 and hear it again now - this notion that the only reason one would support Hillary Clinton is because she is a woman - or only because she is experienced and smart. She is all of those things. But I am with her because... Hillary Clinton inspires me.
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I'm never in control of my time during the workday.
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I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.
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I believe in any country, matters that relate to its territory would, of course, provoke strong sentiments amongst the people of that country.
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People still don't know how good Kevin Love is because he played in Minnesota... you didn't see him much on TV. His passing, his knowledge of the game - the stuff that doesn't show up in the stats - he has so much going for him.
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Even at the end of a presidential election campaign, we have no way to know what Mitt Romney really believes.
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But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.
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Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happening.
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My first professional job was to sell heavy-duty waterless cookware.
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A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.
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My father was very impressed when he saw "Death of a Salesman," I must say. He recognized himself to some extent.
