Nat Hentoff Quotes
I think one thing we share with my wife is a complete bottomless disdain for Bill Clinton.Nat Hentoff
Quotes to Explore
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When I'm in the midst of finishing a book, I can be working around the clock.
Gail Tsukiyama -
The differences between a tart, a pie and a quiche are a blur.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I have nothing but contempt for Gadhafi. I'm not a Gadhafi supporter in any way. However, it's not clear to me that it's a vital and compelling national security objective of the United States that we ought to use military force to remove him from power. He's not the only unpleasant and unsavory dictator in the world.
Pat Toomey -
Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.
Jack Hanna -
I really like the group tour better than going it alone. First of all, it kind of takes the pressure off a little. I'm not a naturally extroverted person. But I also like it because it brings in new fans. For example, someone who really loves Aprilynne Pike's books might pick up mine and vice versa.
Veronica Roth -
I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.
Zane Grey
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I am not born to just become an actor.
Salman Khan -
If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking.
Lou Holtz -
If you want to get a deal, negotiate with the teams yourself. Say, "I want this much, and no less, but I'll show up to camp on time." It doesn't seem that hard to me.
Lou Holtz -
Some time ago," he said, "--how long it seems! -- I remember saying to a young friend of mine of the name of Spiller, 'Comrade Spiller, never confuse the unusual with the impossible.' It is my guiding rule in life.
P. G. Wodehouse -
I would say that I have been consistent in my broad view of how American power should be deployed, and the view that we underestimate our power when we restrict it to just our military power. We shortchange our influence and our ability to shape events when that's the only tool we think we have in the toolbox.
Barack Obama -
I don't mind plain women being puritans. It is the only excuse they have for being plain.
Oscar Wilde
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In any commersial setting time comes in three forms. There's real time, there's perceived time, and there's a combination of two.
Paco Underhill -
To really love Joan Didion—to have been blown over by things like the smell of jasmine and the packing list she kept by her suitcase—you have to be female.
Caitlin Flanagan -
The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity.
William R. Alger -
One luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
Robert Frost -
This is how it is today: The teachers are afraid of the principals. The principals are afraid of the superintendents. The superintendents are afraid of the board of education. The board is afraid of the parents. The parents are afraid of the children. The children are afraid of nothing!
Milton Berle -
Most British playwrights of my generation, as well as younger folks, apparently feel somewhat obliged to Russian literature - and not only those writing for theatres. Russian literature is part of the basic background knowledge for any writer. So there is nothing exceptional in the interest I had towards Russian literature and theatre. Frankly, I couldn't image what a culture would be like without sympathy towards Russian literature and Russia, whether we'd be talking about drama or Djagilev.
Tom Stoppard
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... the major rule in the American belief system - that anyone can do anything ... is a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters mediocrity. Knowing what you're good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.
M. J. Ryan -
One night I came home. I figured, let my wife come on. I'll play it cool. Let her make the first move. She went to Florida.
Jack Roy -
My wife and I, we like to ride where there's not much traffic.
Evel Knievel -
I think one thing we share with my wife is a complete bottomless disdain for Bill Clinton.
Nat Hentoff