Mark Kurlansky Quotes

I have written a considerable amount - both fiction and nonfiction - about the Caribbean. My love for this part of the world is centered on a deep admiration for its people - a people who are both tough and romantic, dreamers and cynics, people who face a thousand defeats and are never defeated.

Mark Kurlansky

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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.

Edith Piaf
- Mind
- Tell
- Whatever
In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.

J. G. Ballard
- War
- Father
- Year
The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.

Hannah Arendt
- World
- May
- Political
Growing up, you tended to just go through school to get out, then figure out what you want to do in this big ball of mud.

Sam Worthington
- Up
- School
- Growing
Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.

Saina Nehwal
- Men
- Shows
- Rural
I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.

Larry Fitzgerald
- Work
- Important
- Success