"The private terror of the liberal spirit is……" — Norman Mailer
"The private terror of the liberal spirit is invariably suicide, not murder."
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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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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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Over-certified adjectives are the mark of most best-seller writing
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As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller…
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The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.
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Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious…
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The development doctrines are doing much harm on both sides of the Atlantic, especially among intelligent mechanics, and a class…
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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you…
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Invariably our best nights were those when it rained.
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