Mark Kurlansky Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I've never been far from the river. I'm sort of like a Thames-nymph.
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My last album as J. Tillman, 'Singing Ax,' that was really a premeditated death rattle of the aesthetic precedent I had set. I realized I wasn't creating spontaneously; I was enforcing all these parameters. I was too self-loathing or something, and there was this obvious dissonance between my conversational voice and creative voice.
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My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.
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The thing about the performance part... starting with improv and standup, you're starting with yourself as the character, and I don't feel as much like, 'Oh, I'm a vessel for -' I feel like someone who calls themselves an actor is a vessel.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
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The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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I do know that detachment is important. A surgeon can't be weeping into the open wound.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.
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There are Katy-Perry-in-concert-type pieces that I look at and am like, 'This dress has a hundred cupcakes on it – I want it!' My mom will always talk me down.
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When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up.
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You never really know as an actor; it's completely out of your control, in terms of editing, and music, and film stock, shot selection, and what takes they use.
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I was a big fan of the Tim Burton films. I really liked the character. And I remember thinking the Batmobile was very cool.
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It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record.
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Between 12 and 14, I shot up a ridiculous amount. The muscles were struggling to stretch and grow at the rate my bones were growing. It gave me problems with my back and my hamstrings.
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I do see music as complete refuge. It's a universal home, complete common ground between everyone; it comes from a place that has no nation and no boundaries around it.
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Put anthrax on your Tampax and slap you 'till you can't stand! Girl, you just blew your chance, don't mean to ruin your plans!
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.
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I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine... and curry... and cheeses.
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My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman.
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When you really start figuring things out as a quarterback, you realize you don't have to be perfect every time, but you do have to be quick and decisive.
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As with wine, geography affects the flavor. Oysters are usually named for a locale.
