Mark Kurlansky Quotes
Food is interesting to me because it's a way of understanding culture and societies and history. I would never write about food just as food. Just like I would never write about baseball just as baseball.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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As much as possible, location-specific information should not be collected in the first place, or not in personally identifiable form.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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My own wandering blood comes from my seafaring grandfather, who, after he had left the sea and settled on shore, still governed his house by a ship's rules.
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You're on earth. There's no cure for that.
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The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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We encourage whistleblowers to come forward in instances where the government is a victim.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.
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When you start a new project, you wonder whether it's the right choice.
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I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how I feel at a time like now. And the understanding must be part of the holding.
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Food is interesting to me because it's a way of understanding culture and societies and history. I would never write about food just as food. Just like I would never write about baseball just as baseball.
