Nat Hentoff Quotes
Max Askeli was a very courageous, principled man up to a point. He had left Italy before he was thrown in jail by Francesco Mussolini.
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There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about.
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In some communities, I show up, and they say, 'Well, we haven't seen our Democrat congressman in 10 years.'
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First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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I want to act, if I can, as a bridge for people who read 'Shock Doctrine' or 'No Logo'. People who are sitting out for whatever reasons.
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When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
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We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.
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My Kindle readers have been incredibly faithful fans.
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What, after all, is the narrative of 'the American Dream?' It was a discourse formulated between the 1880s and the 1920s in the United States during the great waves of migration and expansion and reforms of the Progressive Era.
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I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.
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The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
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If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you think there was serious ethics violation that ought to be looked at, you don't hold it back for retaliatory purposes.
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I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special.
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I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket.
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I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so I liked that. But I had an aunt at that time, my mother's aunt who bought records by people like Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and a few others.
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I'm really into personalities. There have been certain girls that I've been attracted to, but when we got to chatting, it was such a let-down. So for me, a great personality is key.
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To fund major cultural efforts, we must not rely alone on government and foundation patronage; if the farmer can spend for beer, he can pay for good entertainment which he can understand, which he can identify with and which will fortify his spirit.
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The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone.
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People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. F**k them, darling. I say what any decent poet would say if you dared ask him to analyze his work: If you see it, dear, then it's there. ... I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics. ... I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs.
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I'll always be tough on myself.
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I can paint in jail.
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We are at a point where we may see abrupt and irreversible changes due to climate change.
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It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me.
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Max Askeli was a very courageous, principled man up to a point. He had left Italy before he was thrown in jail by Francesco Mussolini.
