Mark Kurlansky Quotes
I always wanted an extraordinary life. When it's over, I want to be able to say that I did it.
Mark Kurlansky
Quotes to Explore
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
Samuel Johnson
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In general, certain conclusions are possible from these data. They fail to prove that psychotherapy, Freudian or otherwise, facilitates the recovery of neurotic patients.
Hans Eysenck
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
Ralph Marston
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
B. B. King
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
Gabrielle Zevin
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
E. M. Forster
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'Heroine' is about a declining and imbalanced superstar - a very brave and bold role. I wanted to test whether I could carry a role like this. I have given 200 per cent to this role. She's a very complex character, very aggressive, manipulative and bold, yet she's very fragile.
Kareena Kapoor Khan
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
Nadia Comaneci
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Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
Abdullah II of Jordan
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It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns.
Ha-Joon Chang
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I love having wine with my meals. And if I splurge, I'm going to splurge big, because if I deny my cravings, it just ends up backfiring on me, you know?
Rachel Nichols
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Je me suis baigné dans le PoèmeDe la Mer...Dévorant les azurs verts.
Arthur Rimbaud
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The sexiest thing that a woman can do, wear, and say all fall under one word to me: subtlety. To be subtle in the things that she does and the things she says and the things she wears - I appreciate the details.
Dwayne Johnson
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I would like [the working man] to give me back books and newspapers and theories. And I would like to give him back, in return, his old insouciance, and rich, original spontaneity and fullness of life.
D. H. Lawrence
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By the time I graduated, I was the drum major, the highest-ranking officer, and third in my class.
Joe Morton
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Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.
Constance Marie
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I always wanted an extraordinary life. When it's over, I want to be able to say that I did it.
Mark Kurlansky
