Mark Kurlansky Quotes
I always wanted an extraordinary life. When it's over, I want to be able to say that I did it.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey.
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The turkey has a destiny which ends on San Martino's day.
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You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting.
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Voters are hungry for principled, conservative fighters - because the threat to our liberties from Washington never has been greater.
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For the better part of two centuries, outsiders have been offering explanations that range from racist to learned-sounding - the supposed inferiority of blacks, the heritage of slavery, overpopulation - for why Haiti remains the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
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It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.
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A border collie saved me once when I was pinned under a horse in Colorado. And once when I went through the ice, one of my sled dogs saw me go under, and she got the rest of the team, and they pulled me out of 12 feet of water. I think that dogs offer the only form of unconditional love that's available to humans.
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How clear can I put this? I am not denying female oppression; I am trying to stop it by calling for a more fluid masculinity.
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Excellence can be as strong a uniting force as solid vision.
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Everything does go in a circle.
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I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.
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As yet we know nothing of what goes to create or evoke the active spark of life.
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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.
