Mortimer Zuckerman Quotes
For the baby boomer generation, a home is now seen not as the cornerstone of advancement but a ball and chain, restricting their ability and their mobility to move and seek out a job at another location.
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Show me one dictatorship in the world that has not been supported by the United States government or some European governments. It almost doesn't exist. I think a dictatorship and hegemony are part of the same phenomenon.
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You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.
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The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
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I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.
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Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.
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People in my novels always have terrible problems. If they are not terrible, I make them more terrible.
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Mindfulness develops attention, concentration and the ability to simply be present with little or no future orientation, past orientation or goal orientation—choosing to be a human being rather than a human doing.
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You can accomplish virtually anything if you want it badly enough and if you are willing to work long enough and hard enough.
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I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.
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The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren't worth anything. But our parents said it wasn't so, and our churches and our schoolteachers said it wasn't so. They believed in us, and we, therefore, believed in ourselves.
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Always, as you travel, assimilate the sounds and sights of the world.
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Sometimes when family members least deserve love, they need it the most.
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Make a true estimate of your own ability, then raise it ten per cent.
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Every man has an equal right to the necessaries of life even as birds and beasts have.
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Man is neither by birth nor disposition a savage, nor of unsocial habits, but only becomes so by indulging in vices contrary to his nature.
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Overcome the devils with a thing called love.
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There are as many ways of loving as there are people, and that wildflower variety is the great beauty of this dimension of existence.
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In thinking about it, I felt I'd be better off not going over and playing in the WBC. I've got a lot to deal with here.
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The advancement of all sciences, especially where there has been such a radical change, have been attended with persecution.
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Friends enhance our ability to think and act.
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For the baby boomer generation, a home is now seen not as the cornerstone of advancement but a ball and chain, restricting their ability and their mobility to move and seek out a job at another location.
