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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If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked.
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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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I like Everton. If I'm going to cheer for that kind of football team, I'm going to cheer for Everton. But the Seahawks are my passion.
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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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The degree of leverage now being reversed is staggering, and the underlying global imbalances - notably between the savers and the spenders - will require long and painful adjustment.
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after one of his dogs urinated in the bedroom Who pissed!!? Who pissed on my fucking carpet!?! That bastard fucking dog man. I'm going to throw you in the pool! Get the fuck out of my house! Why do they do it Sharon? Whats the deal man? It's a fucking terrorist man! It's fucking part of Bin Laden's gang! Fucking Ali Baba used to go work on this rug.
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There's nothing better than a sci-fi fan, let me tell you. Once you're in with them, you're in for life.
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I subscribe to no religion. But I believe that in the creation of art, there can be moments of God.
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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.
