Mark Kurlansky Quotes
The fact that, almost a century after refrigeration made salt-preserved foods irrelevant, we are still eating them demonstrates the affection we have for salt.
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I hope people describe my music as lyrically driven, cross genre. Kind of alternative, kind of indie, kind of rap, kind of everything.
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We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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I think it's all about making records when you're inspired to make them.
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Filming is a witnessing process. You don't try to control it, even though sometimes you wish you could because it can go really, really wrong for you.
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For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight, if it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one's fellow travelers.
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One of the fun things about unreliable narrators is they can be funny. You can admire things about them and laugh with them.
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Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.
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Once you start a war, you have to win.
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When I heard Flying Lotus, I was like, 'Wow, okay, everything can be off the grid.'
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One learns how to change gears within a concert repertoire.
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The English playwrights of the '50s and '60s didn't really keep writing or getting produced, while the Irish did. There's encouragement for the younger ones also in the fact that Ireland is exceptional in its ability to make theater part of the national dialogue, and it reaches to all four corners of the country.
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I wouldn't be doing this dumb ass live-stream if I wasn't, so get over it.
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If there is a God and you believe in him, you know the best is yet to come.
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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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Ἀψυχίᾳ γὰρ γλῶσσαν ἁρπάζει φόβος.
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I guess I'm bothered by how fans react to certain things and how they're interested in certain things over true talent. I've always appreciated talent over everything else.
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Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.
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I am actually one of those who took President Obama at his word when he first ran - that he would get us out of ill-advised wars, that he would do something about health care costs, and that he would protect civil liberties. Like many Americans, I was disappointed.
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I guess I've always been really attracted to period pieces and always felt visually I was probably more made for the '50s or the early '60s than I am for a modern day.
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If Trump's own words didn't convince you what a loathsome person he is, certainly nothing that I say or do will sway you.
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The fact that, almost a century after refrigeration made salt-preserved foods irrelevant, we are still eating them demonstrates the affection we have for salt.
