Nat Hentoff Quotes
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I went through a training camp; I worked extremely hard. I prepared for UFC 200. This was the big one. This one meant everything to me.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.
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I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.
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I organize my denim, leather, and dresses by color, although my jeans are pretty much just black and gray.
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Even in real life, I'd rather hang out with guys.
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In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.
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I always thought the desert was the antithesis of peace - something that attacks you. So you don't go to the desert for peace.
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
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A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
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Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.
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Our experiences of the Solstice depends entirely upon where we are when it occurs. Neither Solstice encompasses everyone. Neither can. The Solstices stand forever opposed, literally at the two poles of our Earth and experiences.
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As a male designer, you always need a woman's touch.
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A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake.
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job? Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
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A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking.
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As a sportsman, my aim was to help sportspersons grow. The idea is to see what is good for sport rather than what's good for individuals.
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Two things to remember in life: take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take are of your words when you are with people.
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The Zen philosophy posits that 'human beings suffer' and 'the cause of suffering is desire.' The way to put an end to suffering is to stop wanting everything, all the time.
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When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do.
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I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.
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I've worked with some of the best of them. Not just directors like Sam Peckinpah and David Lynch, but writers like Sam Shepard and singers like Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson.
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Bill Shawn didn't edit the writers very strongly, but he knew what he wanted.
