Norman Podhoretz Quotes
The isolationism of the Left stems from the conviction that America is bad for the rest of the world, whereas the isolationism of the Right is based on the belief that the rest of the world is bad for America.
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I cry all the time. I love to laugh, too. It's important to create an environment for yourself where you feel what you need to and don't hold it in.
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You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50% or however many, it gives them a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach.
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I was interned in Auschwitz for one year. I didn't bring back anything, except for a few jokes, and that filled me with shame. Then again, I didn't know what to do with this fresh experience. For this experience was no literary awakening, no occasion for professional or artistic introspection.
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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
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Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
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Theater owners are exerting a lot of power over the studios to withhold access to content that people want to see. That's bad for consumers, that's bad for studios, and ultimately, I think it will be bad for theaters.
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There's no substitute for the practice of meditation.
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When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.
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Family is always first. Even though my kids are older - my son is 25 and my daughter is 21 - I still like to sit down and have dinner with them as much as I can.
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This awful concept of underclass is really horrifying. You're not lower class, you are excluded - outside.
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I think I am staying in Toronto. It keeps me grounded and I can be with my family and friends.
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There is a cultural movement in the white working class to blame problems on society or the government, and that movement gains adherents by the day.
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There's something about the darkness that I find unavoidably intoxicating. The knowledge that other people are sleeping and, therefore, unavailable to ruin my solitude, makes me more peaceful than I am during the day.
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All business is capitalistic. You require capital for any sort of business endeavour.
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When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces.
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I joined the struggle in the belief that I was following the voice of the people; I quit it now for the same reason.
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As a rule, all relationships go through their ups and downs. It's really about how much you want it.
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First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.
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The isolationism of the Left stems from the conviction that America is bad for the rest of the world, whereas the isolationism of the Right is based on the belief that the rest of the world is bad for America.
