Mark Helprin Quotes
My father was famous for his photographic memory. He was in the OSS. They trained him to be captured on purpose and to read upside down and backwards and commit to memory every document in Germany he saw as he was being interrogated - every schedule on every wall. So, that photographic memory somehow made its way to me when I was young.
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Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.
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I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.
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The heroes of 'Narcos' are the Colombian people who fought and decided to do something about the horrible narco-terrorism that took place in their country back in the '80s.
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I don't really yell at people.
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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
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Open-source encyclopedias such as Wikipedia and search engines such as Google and Bing, which people can tap into anytime and anywhere via computers and smart phones, put a world of knowledge at our fingertips at a lower cost than ever before.
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When I was little, I wanted to be an astronomer, but that didn't happen.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
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I love Canada. Canada is a great neighbour. Canada has been a great friend and neighbor for many, many years.
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People still do fall in and out of love and can and cannot express what they feel and are very much pained because the person they love is with somebody else. That's happening the whole world over, and I think it always has been.
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I think it is very important to build the moral fibre of the youth. Moral education should be part of the curriculum, and I will work towards introducing that.
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I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.
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I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead.
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Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.
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The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
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Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.
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Unions should not be lapdogs to a political party, they should be watchdogs for their members' interests.
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I'm insane, not forgetful.
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Many use Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes for daily transactions like going to theatres, malls, and trading purpose. People like these are unnecessarily put to inconvenience.
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My father was famous for his photographic memory. He was in the OSS. They trained him to be captured on purpose and to read upside down and backwards and commit to memory every document in Germany he saw as he was being interrogated - every schedule on every wall. So, that photographic memory somehow made its way to me when I was young.
