"Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive……" — Norman Mailer
"Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle."
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160 Quotes by Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer has 160 quotes on this site.
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We love those who can lead us to a place we will never reach without them.
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The private terror of the liberal spirit is invariably suicide, not murder.
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One's condition on marijuana is always existential. One can feel the importance of each moment and how it is changing…
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In such places as Greenwich Village, a menage-a-trois was completed- the bohemian and the juvenile delinquent came face-to-face with the…
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The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.
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Boredom slays more of existence than war.
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I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative…
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We divorced ourselves from the materials of the earth, the rock, the wood, the iron ore; we looked to new…
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A political convention is after all not a meeting of a corporation's board of directors; it is a fiesta, a…
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At bottom, I mean profoundly at bottom, the FBI has nothing to do with Communism, it has nothing to do…
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I no longer gave a sick dog's drop for the wisdom, the reliability and the authority of the public's literary…
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Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day.
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More Giant Quotes
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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
— Neil Armstrong
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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and…
— Neil Armstrong
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We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization,…
— Julian Assange
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I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent…
— David Attenborough
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For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see…
— Diane Ackerman
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
— Diane Ackerman
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
— Honore de Balzac
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The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look…
— Dave Barry
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What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade…
— Edward Abbey
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My family makes these vinegars - out of everything from grapes to peaches and cherries. We go through the whole…
— Mario Batali
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There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
— John Bunyan
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