Quote by Norman Mailer
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What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil. – Norman Mailer

Other quotes by Norman Mailer

There is no greater impotence in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you. – Norman Mailer

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Majority
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Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body – it just wears it out. – Norman Mailer

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Exercise
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With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance. – Norman Mailer

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Conformity
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A minority is always compelled to think. That is the blessing of being in the minority. – Leo Baeck

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Minorities

A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong. – Henrik Ibsen

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Minorities

My non-violence bids me dedicate myself to the service of the minorities. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Minorities

The majority never has right on its side. Never, I say! That is one of these social lies against which an independent, intelligent men must wage war. Who is it that constitute the majority of the population in a country? Is it the clever folk, or the stupid? I don – Henrik Ibsen

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Minorities

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Change yourself and your work will seem different. – Norman Vincent Peale

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Change

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility. – Abu Bakr

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Home is where my mom is. – Brittany Murphy

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Home

I get to travel around the world and meet all of these amazing people, and theyre singing my songs! And to me, thats crazy. – Kina Grannis

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