Norman Spencer:
CLASS OF 1976
Joliet Catholic AcademyClass of 1976
Joliet, IL
University of Illinois - Graduate SchoolClass of 1988
Urbana, IL
University of Wisconsin - Graduate SchoolClass of 1983
Madison, WI
University of IllinoisClass of 1980
Urbana, IL
Reed Elementary SchoolClass of 1972
Lockport, IL
Norman's Story
Norman is from Chicago, Illinois. His schools include Joliet Catholic Academy, Reed Elementary School. He later attended Uni Kiel and studied Linguistics and attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and studied German. He works(ed) at Norges Bank, Amesto Translations, Apropos Translatørbyrå AS.
Norman's interests include Urbanism, History of ideas, Current History, Chicago Cubs, M e n _ Bodies. Music he likes includes Philip Glass, Carl Michael Bellman, Philip Glass. Books he likes include Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Theory of Justice. Movies he likes include Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), Mildred Pierce, Pride and Prejudice. TV shows he likes include Mr. Ed .. the talking horse, The Flying Nun, British Mini Series.
One of Norman's favorite quotes is:""I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is _not_ to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."
- Eccelesiastes 9:11
"Immortal gods, I crave no pelf;
I pray for no man but myself:
Grant I may never prove so fond,
To trust man on his oath or bond;
Or a harlot, for her weeping;
Or a dog, that seems a-sleeping:
Or a keeper with my freedom;
Or my friends, if I should need 'em.
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l to't:" William Shakespeare, Apematus's table grace in "Timon of Athens" (Act I Scene 2)
"'I should liken Kant to a man at a ball, who all evening has been carrying on a love affair with a masked beauty in the vain hope of making a conquest, when at last she throws off her mask and reveals herself to be his wife.' In Schopenhauer's fable, the wife masquerading as an unknown beauty was Christianity. Today it is humanism." John Gray, Straw Dogs
"As commonly practised, philosophy is the attempt to find good reasons for conventional beliefs." John Gray, Straw Dogs
"I lost the love of all the homosexuals in the world by saying that Princess Diana was trash and got what she deserved. She could have been Queen of England -- and she was swanning about Paris with Arabs. What disgraceful behavior. Going about saying she wanted to be the queen of hearts. The vulgarity of it is so overpowering." - Quentin Crisp
"Success is something I will dress for when I get there, and not until." Fran Lebowitz, Social Studies
"ä¸ç®¡é»ç«ç½ç«ï¼æä½èé¼ å°±æ¯å¥½ç«ãâ éå°å¹³ (It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, if it catches the rat, it's a good cat." Deng Xiaoping)
"Ich bin die Mata Hari des Wirtschaftswunders." Maria Braun (played by Hanna Schygulla in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Die Ehe der Maria Braun)".
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