Norman O. Brown Quotes

The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.

Norman O. Brown

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 25, 1913 - October 2, 2002

Topics

FutureCapitalismEnjoymentDynamics

I do like potato chips, French fries and Barney's burgers in L.A. with seasoned curly fries.

Jessica Biel

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Red is a colour I've felt very strongly about. Maybe red is a very Indian colour, maybe it's one of those things that I grew up with and recognise at some other level.

Anish Kapoor

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Food redistribution is economically sensible, ecologically pressing, and socially responsible; it is high time food corporations woke up to it and governments started funding the organisations that facilitate it.

Tristram Stuart

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I felt good in the ring with John Cena.

Shinsuke Nakamura

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For many of us, eating has surprisingly little to do with hunger. We eat out of boredom, for entertainment, to comfort or reward ourselves. Try to be aware of why you're eating, and ask yourself if you're really hungry - before you eat and then again along the way.

Michael Pollan

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My reputation for writing quickly and effortlessly notwithstanding, I am strongly in favor of intelligent, even fastidious revision, which is, or certainly should be, an art in itself.

Joyce Carol Oates

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Every actor I ever meet goes, 'Ultimately I plan on having my own company and write and direct,' but yes, I too would love to write and direct a movie. I want to do a play, too. I want to do it all.

Jason Schwartzman

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We all have our moments where we fail to live up to a challenge.

Jared Harris

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Attitude is everything.

Diane von Furstenberg

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I don't need to hit people in order to play good football. I'm not a boxer after all.

Diego Costa

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'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' Big, big, big smash for me. My birth of the love of cinema was born with 'Close Encounters' and '2001.' Those sci-fi movies I saw when I was a little kid.

Denis Villeneuve

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I like to get emotional when I watch my entertainment.

Dean Devlin

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