Mark Kurlansky Quotes
When you're in theater, you inevitably wind up working in restaurants. I made pastry.
Quotes to Explore
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Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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I have always found photography magical, and became more taken with it whilst modeling.
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A good writer can set a thriller anywhere and make it convincing: the trick is to evoke the setting in such a way that it highlights the crime or unsettles the reader.
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As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and deeply into our networked lives.
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Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.
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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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Women's stories have been neglected for so long - unless they were queens. Exploring the history of women is a way of redressing that imbalance.
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I cannot approach someone; I lack the confidence when it comes to the guy I desire. I'm very good when it comes to matchmaking and hooking others up. But I can't help my own cause.
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I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.
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Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.
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Ironically, my paintings don't photograph well.
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My heroes are guys like Frank Capra and Elia Kazan and Coen brothers and Terry Gilliam, more so than a lot of bass players at this point in my life. So I've always been an old-film nut and have very much enjoyed doing videos over the years.
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I think I always resented the fact that people thought I was trying to entertain them with my multifaceted, chameleonlike character changes. Although I liked doing that, I wasn't out to fool people and say 'Guess which one is me.'
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My father ran a saloon in Kenosha, Wis., which is just about as rough a living as I can think of. It was brutal; it scared the hell out of me. I was so petrified all the while I was a child, I didn't know what I was doing half the time.
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The army of the emboldened and gleefully ill-informed is growing.
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With literary biographies, you're either shelved with other biographies or next to your subject's fiction.
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When you're in theater, you inevitably wind up working in restaurants. I made pastry.
