Nat Hentoff Quotes
Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice they made? They actually believed that we could be trusted to make up our own minds in the whirl of differing ideas. That we could be trusted to remain free, even when there were very, very seductive voices - taking advantage of our freedom of speech - who were trying to turn this country into the kind of place where the government could tell you what you can and cannot do.
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This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.
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Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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There's a lot of projection that if you're in service then you shouldn't look good. I'm no different from anybody else. I like clothes, I like shoes, I like to go have nice dinners, I like to dance. Just because I've dedicated myself to serving women, why do you think I need to sacrifice myself?
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If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks.
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I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
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I'm into Gucci a lot, like vintage '70s everything. I'm into Versace.
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My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
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That sense of a life in natural objects, which in most poetry is but a rhetorical artifice, was, then, in Wordsworth the assertion of what was for him almost literal fact.
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Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.
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I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.
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It's so weird that I play this woman who pretty much deals with violence on a daily basis, and I'm such a wimp in who I am.
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I skipped kindergarten because I was reading at a pretty high level. That's a weird and cocky thing to say, but I was real sharp, and I knew that early on.
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You can't force chemistry. It's either there or it's not. You can't create it.
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Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success.
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Own your joy so that you can be happier and bring more energy to the world. That ripple effect works on a quantum level. It brings about changes in the world.
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The Law of God reaches into every area of life, and it brings about incredible blessing and incredible freedom.
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I think when science fiction is at its worst, it's just spaceships flying around shooting at each other. There has to be a lot more going on than that... science fiction is about exploring new worlds and new ideas, not about ray guns and action, necessarily.
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I've found that there's a lot to invigorate in any country or destination - it's all about how you look at it. I've never really had any difficulties anywhere I've been. As an athlete, I used to enjoy being on the road and meeting people.
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Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice they made? They actually believed that we could be trusted to make up our own minds in the whirl of differing ideas. That we could be trusted to remain free, even when there were very, very seductive voices - taking advantage of our freedom of speech - who were trying to turn this country into the kind of place where the government could tell you what you can and cannot do.
