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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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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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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Our elders are always optimistic in their views of the present, pessimistic in their views of the future; youth is pessimistic toward the present and gloriously hopeful for the future. And it is this hope which is the lever of progress-one might say, the only lever of progress.
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Ignorant power is a bane!
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Once you've taken a public stand you know is right, never back down; anything less than a rock-hard stance will let your enemies nibble you to death.
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I am weary, having worked without a break all day; how beautiful it is here, to be sure, but how difficult to paint! I can see what I want to do quite clearly but I'm not there yet. It's so clear and pure in its pink and blues that the slightest misjudged stroke looks like a smudge of dirt.. .I have fourteen canvases underway.
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People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt.
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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.
