"If only gravity were working, the path would……" — Norman Mailer
"If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve."
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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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I've finally learnt how to say, 'No comment'. To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a…
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If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying…
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A smile is a curve that can straighten out a lot of problems.
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In doing your best serving others for free, a lot of eyebrows will raise and sneers will curve many a…
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The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing…
— Robert Aris Willmott
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The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of…
— Gustave Eiffel
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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
— Bertolt Brecht
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The scientist knows very well that he is approaching ultimate truth only in an asymptotic curve and is barred from…
— Konrad Lorenz
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When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution.
— Oscar Niemeyer
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Wisdom can see the red, the rose, the stained and sculptured curve of grey, the charcoal scars of fire, and…
— Judith Wright
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Straight lines don't exist in the human form and are extremely rare in nature, so the human touch in the…
— Marissa Mayer
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The test of a round character is whether it is capable of surprising in a convincing way. If it never…
— E. M. Forster
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