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You can't be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling.
Norman Mailer
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Norman Mailer
Age: 84 †
Born: 1923
Born: January 31
Died: 2007
Died: November 10
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God is a creator, not a law giver.
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No heart is so hard as the timid heart.
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I am not here only so that the blind might see, but to teach those who thought they could see that they are blind
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It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.
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Left-wingers are incapable of conspiring because they are all egomaniacs.
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I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind.
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Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it.
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If God is all good, then He is not all powerful. If God is all powerful, then He is not all good. I am a disbeliever is the omnipotence of God because of the Holocaust. But for 35 years, I have been believing that He is doing the best he can.
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Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.
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The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.
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For what does it mean to be a hero? It requires you to be prepared to deal with forces larger than yourself.
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When a novel comes, it's a grace. Something in the cosmos has forgiven you long enough so that you can start.
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