Mark Kurlansky Quotes
There comes a time in every writer's life when it becomes necessary to recognize what people really care about.
Quotes to Explore
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Life isn't perfect, of course, but we all know it's how you react to things that counts.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well.
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Get rid of the preferences and the special deductions and the loopholes... and invest in getting the tax rate to a competitive level so we stop seeing companies move off shore.
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I've done stuff in the past and followed in the footsteps of my heroes, and each time, it felt a little bit surreal.
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I think, initially, working on your own is really great because it allows you to just be really free and not worry about how things are perceived or if people are going to think you're an idiot. And once that becomes ingrained, at least for me, I think I'll feel really comfortable to work with other people and still feel that same freedom.
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The Web forces me to be disciplined and not to waste time – but before the Web was invented, there were plenty of opportunities to do that anyway.
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Julia Child wasn't afraid to have fun. She made fantastic food but knew how to have a good time and not be too stuck up about the kitchen space.
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It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.
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Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
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In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.
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I've been fascinated by the Internet from the very start. In 2001, I had made a funny black-and-white film called 'How to Dance Properly,' a short video of me dancing to a Madonna song. I sent it to 17 of my friends on a Thursday, and by Monday, one million people a day were logging on to view it.
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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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I want to be remembered like Pete Rose. 'Charlie Hustle.' I want people to say, 'Wherever he was, he was always giving it his all.'
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There was such a relationship between the buffalo and the American Indian - the Indians would eat them, live inside their pelts, use every part of the body. There was almost no separation between the people and the animals.
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Something I've always written about is social expectations: that the eyes of the community are on you all the time, expecting you to line up with certain social norms, certain behaviours. Whenever you forgot about them, they'd be strongly reiterated to you, in no uncertain terms.
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Not to get too sort of mystical, but I believe in fate. I believe when roles are presented to me in my life they're for a very specific reason, something for me to learn.
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I don't feel the need to define nothin' to nobody, because I'm always changing. Why say that I'm this or that when I might not be tomorrow? I'm gonna follow my own feelings and my own heart.
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I honestly believe that people of my generation despise authenticity, mostly because they're all so envious of it.
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There's no job in show business that's harder than any other job outside show business.
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There comes a time in every writer's life when it becomes necessary to recognize what people really care about.
