Mortimer Zuckerman Quotes
The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money.
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Since I come from an educated background, I love to study.
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It's easier to be with somebody. But it's better to be single if you're with the wrong person.
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No one goes unscathed, we all go through things. We just can't let people's nasty words become our beliefs about ourselves, you know?
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Cultivate a sympathetic heart, humility in dealings, and selflessness in action. If these are practiced with earnestness and sincerity, then you will win the race of life.
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Our scientific world is our world of reasoning. It has its greatness and uses and attractions. We are ready to pay homage due to it. But when it claims to have discovered the real world for us and laughs at the worlds of all simple-minded men, then we must say it is like a general grown intoxicated with his power, usurping the throne of his king
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I don't like to write any music to a script. Experience has taught me that's generally a waste of time.
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Joy is our goal, our destiny. We cannot know who we are except in joy. Not knowing joy, we do not know ourselves.
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...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do not preponderate too heavily.
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Children have as much mind to show that they are free, that their own good actions come from themselves, that they are absolute and independent, as any of the proudest of you grown men, think of them as you please.
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A great nation is like a great man:When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.Having realized it, he admits it.Having admitted it, he corrects it.He considers those who point out his faultsas his most benevolent teachers.He thinks of his enemyas the shadow that he himself casts.
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When man ventures into the wilderness, climbs the ridges, and sleeps in the forest, he comes in close communion with his Creator. When man pits himself against the mountain, he taps inner springs of his strength. He comes to know himself.
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I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.
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We stand for a use of color free from the imitation of things as colored objects. We stand for an aerial vision in which the material of color is expressed in all of the manifold possibilities our subjectivity can create.
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I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.
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There's no doubt that on the issue of abortion, oftentimes it's very difficult to split the difference, although we can agree on the notion that none of us are pro-abortion and all of us would like to see a reduction in unwanted pregnancies, for example, and we could focus on those issues.
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The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money.
