Nat Hentoff Quotes
Barack Obama's only principle is his own aggrandizement. This is a very dangerous mindset for a president to have.
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The correlation of quality of life and cost of energy is huge.
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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
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I feel best when I am modestly dressed. It's a choice I make and am proud of; for me, I don't think I have to show skin to be beautiful.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.
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I'm on 'Dancing with the Stars' because I want to prove my sister wrong. My sister literally told the world that I could not dance, so I have to redeem myself.
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I don't approve of the notion that we should be announcing who should step down from the position of a head of a state unless we are seriously prepared to remove that person. But if we are not, if we are being prudent and careful, then let's also be careful with how we talk.
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The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.
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I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
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I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.
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I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.
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I stopped acting when I was 19. The only time I acted again was during the war, when there were no other Nazis available.
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Procrastinating is a vice when it comes to productivity, but it can be a virtue for creativity.
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The vast majority of Malaysians are sensible people; they're moderates, they want peace, they want harmonious race relations at home. They look for national unity.
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Music is such a healing thing, no matter who you are.
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I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border.
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For Dylan, it seems, life is always the next gig. Changing pace and location are essential to his survival as an artist.
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The soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful.
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Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt.
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The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
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Eneke the bird was asked why he was always on the wing and he replied: 'Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig.'
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It's too bad about 'Dark of the Sun.' It was really about Tshombe. When I read the script, I thought it was going to be a political movie, and I thought we might even have a hassle. But the director simplified it to brutality and bad taste.
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Barack Obama's only principle is his own aggrandizement. This is a very dangerous mindset for a president to have.
