Mark Kurlansky Quotes
A water route to Chinese trade replacing the long, arduous Silk Road was a great dream of the Renaissance.
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I never feel with the fashion stuff that it's too fake. If I was a model and had a working part in Fashion Week, then I might feel like that, but I'm just a visitor. I really only walk in and watch the shows and think, 'Maybe I could wear that in a video.' I meet the designer, say hello, and then I go.
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I am the last guy that wants to quit making music.
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The PBSI (Indonesian Badminton Association) have to work harder to widen the pool and find quality players. The present indifferent culture has to change.
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My baby is amazing; even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him! He's a big, beautiful boy. He's great.
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My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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I've always had that maternal thing: that connection with street kids and people who are misfits.
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I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
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But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
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Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
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I believe we're the party of small business.
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Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
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Make your life about you, and once you build up yourself first, then you can focus on boys.
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I've known Mark Hughes for half a lifetime. We joined Barcelona in the same summer of 1986, played together under Terry Venables and Luis Aragones, and have kept in touch ever since.
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I always wonder if my kids will say they're mixed or black.
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Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.
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The first time I ever screamed at someone was in a scene, and I'd never screamed at someone in my life.
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Thankfully, as much as Hollywood is interested in brands, I think people are still looking for originality and freshness.
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It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it.
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A water route to Chinese trade replacing the long, arduous Silk Road was a great dream of the Renaissance.
