Mark Kurlansky Quotes
I started writing 'Cod' at a time when people were first beginning to take an interest in the problem of fisheries because the Grand Banks had closed.
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When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.
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It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
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I'm a total people pleaser.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.
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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
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Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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When I was a teen, I thought I would have to choose between my writing or my music or my art, but it turns out it's a difficult juggling game but I can do all of them.
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Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
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The Tower of David is important for Israel's heritage and existence because it is more than a tower, it is a symbol. It is more important than the Azrieli Towers.
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Before I was ever a poet, my father was writing poems about me, so it was a turning of the tables when I became a poet and started answering, speaking back to his poems in ways that I had not before.
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In the morning, I always use a cube of ice on my face – it gives me a natural lift.
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I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught.
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Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.
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My big downfall is deep-dish pizza from Chicago. That is why I can't go vegan - I can't give up cheese. I can't give up dairy.
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I was born and have ever remaind [sic] in the most humble walks of life.
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Even though the popularity and the fanbase is much much greater, and more people have heard about me through things like the Grammys and the Ivors and touring and word of mouth, it doesn't reflect in the sales of the record and doesn't go into my pocket.
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Some people grow into their dreams, instead of out of them.
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Times have changed; so must the lenses through which we see the political future.
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I started writing 'Cod' at a time when people were first beginning to take an interest in the problem of fisheries because the Grand Banks had closed.
