Norman Cousins Quotes
An American political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate.
(1915 - 1990)
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A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.
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A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences.
[Positive]
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A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.
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A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.
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Capitalism in the United States has undergone profound modification, not just under the New Deal but through a consensus that continued to grow after the New Deal. Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.
[Capitalism]
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Cynicism is intellectual treason.
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Death is not the enemy, living in constant fear of it is.
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Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
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Don't defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict.
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Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.
[Business]
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He who keeps his cool best wins.
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Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.
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History is a vast early warning system.
[History]
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Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.
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If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.
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If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it.
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It has always seemed to me that hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.
[Lighten Up]
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It is nonsense to say there is not enough time to be fully informed. ... Time given to thought is the greatest timesaver of all.
[One Day]
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It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.
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It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete.
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