Mark Kurlansky Quotes
I have an increasingly strong feeling that all of us, myself included, too many times make too many statements and don't ask enough questions.
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By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the Al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated.
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Sometimes I don't know whether a movie has been shot on film or in digital when I watch it in the theatres.
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Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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Fashion's important to me, but beauty fades. All that stuff is fun while it lasts, but anything can happen tomorrow. You've got to have so much more about you than the way you look or your clothes.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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The Toast's audience is about 30-35 percent male, which shocked me because I would say that we actively try to discourage men from reading our site. Apparently, there's not insignificant number of dudes out there who think that what we are doing is okay.
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George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip.
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I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.
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Country music fans are extremely supportive. Once they're with you, they're with you for life.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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In the case of 'The Deep,' because of the people involved, the talent and the real lives of people who died, I wanted to make the most honest film I could. And sometimes that's the best way to go: Just make the best version of the film you can.
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Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
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I need to write a sitcom, but something with warmth, not one where the dad comes home and he's treated like an idiot.
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I like any music I can feel.
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The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked.
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When I first started playing team sports, I was a little too sweet for my own good. I'd be in tears because I wasn't doing well. But the healthy competition really toughened me up.
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I have an increasingly strong feeling that all of us, myself included, too many times make too many statements and don't ask enough questions.
