Nat Hentoff Quotes
A.J. Muste was - he - I don't know what he finally came out believing in, but it was some kind of higher being.
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Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.
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I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts. We're always trying to reach, trying to expand something.
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Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.
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We need workfare over welfare.
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Many of the wars we see around the world start as domestic conflicts that are fueled by external forces and powers. My view is that we can help peace if we help communities transform from the inside, on their own terms.
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed.
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Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.
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I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.
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I've made a dozen films in the English language. But then, for love, for my family and friends, I returned to Europe... I annoyingly - looking back - turned down films like 007, 'For Your Eyes Only,' written specially for me.
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I definitely love Australia. I've been to Sydney and Melbourne a couple of times, and I love those places.
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Today the arts exist in isolation, from which they can be rescued only through the conscious, cooperative effort of all craftsmen. Architects, painters, and sculptors must recognize anew and learn to grasp the composite character of a building both as an entity and in its separate parts.
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In my own life, I've seen myself ramping up the amount of text I consume digitally. For me, it's the weight and inconvenience issue – I want anything that will spare me having to carry around reams of paper.
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I was lucky to be with Johnny... he taught me a lot about fame.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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There is no reason to change this system. I don't think we'll abandon it. For us the most important thing is to be compact in the back. That's the kind of game we have to play here and it will be very difficult to beat us.
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Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I'm a 14-year-old who is 60.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being.
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I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?
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My friends have to remind me that it's OK to own the fact that you're good at something. I think it'll just come with getting older.
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A.J. Muste was - he - I don't know what he finally came out believing in, but it was some kind of higher being.
