Nat Hentoff Quotes
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Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.
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Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
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I'm just not into happy-clappy pop. Unless it's happy-clappy pop in a good way.
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I definitely prefer working in comedy over drama, but at the same time, when it comes to comedy, I tend to prefer comedies that have a great sense of truth to them and that come from an honest place.
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I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.
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When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.
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No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.
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The 5,000 or so acres of Royal Parks are one of the things that make London special.
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One of my friends went on a murder weekend... now he is doing life for it.
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My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario.
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When I was about nine or 10, I was on a few random talent shows in shopping malls.
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You don't mow another man's lawn!
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I grew up with British rock.
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Why do those who keep insisting Jesus hung out with sinners also keep insisting there's no such thing as sin?
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Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of curiosity, and the less they are deflected by the consideration of immediacy of application, the more likely they are to contribute not only to human welfare, but to the equally important satisfaction of intellectual interest, which may indeed be said to have become the ruling passion of intellectual life in modern times.
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I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations.
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A pun is its own reword.
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The full impact of the Lobachevskian method of challenging axioms has probably yet to be felt. It is no exaggeration to call Lobachevsky the Copernicus of Geometry as did Clifford, for geometry is only a part of the vaster domain which he renovated; it might even be just to designate him as a Copernicus of all thought.
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My ideal of womanhood has always been the pioneer woman who fought and worked at her husband's side. She bore the children, kept the home fires burning; she was the hub of the family, the planner and the dreamer.
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We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.
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Surrender is the most difficult thing in the world while you are doing it and the easiest when it is done.
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I don't like to feel intimidated by where I make a living.
