Mark Kurlansky Quotes

I wrote a children's book because children have the most open minds. They are the people who really want to learn.

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• In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • You
  • Stress
  • Adapt

• Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.

  

  Kate Walsh
  • Live
  • May
  • Age

• Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Fun
  • Some
  • Harry Potter

• But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • Me
  • Now
  • Blonde

• When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.

  

  Karl Marlantes
  • Family
  • War
  • Peace

• My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go places for six months here, and two years there. And I was home-schooled because I played the violin, and I did a lot of competitions.

  

  Felicia Day
  • Home
  • Dad
  • Air

• The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Country
  • Past
  • Education

• How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.

  

  Karen Gillan
  • People
  • Work
  • Think

• I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.

  

  Yves Tanguy
  • Believe
  • Art
  • Opinions

• Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Soul
  • Death
  • Peace

• I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.

  

  Saina Nehwal
  • Never
  • Down
  • Phone

• I don't know if I'm a tortured soul, but I was born heartbroken. I remember feeling it when I was so young. I was like, 'Mum, it hurts.'

  

  FKA twigs
  • Remember
  • Soul
  • Feeling

• And I think the blessing of heaven is on Bush. It's just the way it is.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Think
  • Heaven
  • Blessing

• Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.

  

  Natalie Gulbis
  • Time
  • Opportunity
  • Amazing

• Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.

  

  Wendell Willkie
  • Thinking
  • Done
  • Home

• I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.

  

  Nancy Grace
  • Important
  • Single
  • Justice

• I think it's our job to create a culture and an environment where a gay player knows he is safe and welcome. If and when that happens, believe me - that person will have the full support of the commissioner's office.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Believe
  • Job
  • Culture

• Young people who are just starting out somehow need to let you know they know how to sing.

  

  Barbara Cook
  • People
  • Know
  • Starting

• If I were American, I'd vote everything but Hillary Clinton.

  

  Marine Le Pen
  • American

• Sometimes, we find ourselves as conservatives being angry when we should be joyful, finding ourselves being negative when we should be positive, because we have a positive message to send... We ought to be the most compassionate people in the world.

  

  Kevin Cramer
  • People
  • World
  • Positive

• I feel like part of the inequality is that there are few great roles written for older women, and I think part of that is, basically, people want to look at young women, whereas men are still considered attractive - or more attractive - when they get older.

  

  Erin Davie
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Women

• I wasn't interested in having children of my own. I know what would have happened - I'd have been left at home to look after the kids, and my career would have been over while my husband travelled the world.

  

  Marie Helvin
  • World
  • Children
  • Home

• I don't get tired, because every time a woman doesn't die or doesn't get beaten or doesn't get raped or doesn't get honor-killed or doesn't get acid-burned, it's a huge victory.

  

  Eve Ensler
  • Woman
  • Victory
  • Beaten

• I wrote a children's book because children have the most open minds. They are the people who really want to learn.

  

  Mark Kurlansky
  • People
  • Children
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