Mark Kurlansky Quotes
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name. My auntie came from Europe to visit us, and she was like, 'Just call yourself something else.'
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
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No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best.
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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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I always knew there wasn't going to be anybody to help me and emotionally support me, that whatever I did I'd have to do on my own.
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I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.
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The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.
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Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
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I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
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As a person, to inspire some young girls and give them something to look at and give them something to play for, I think is such a great position to be in. I'm glad that I can follow all of the great Korean players' footsteps.
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As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably forward for us with its shadowy claw.
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Economic life, as always, is a matrix in which result becomes cause and cause becomes result.
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Find a model of great education in history and you will find a great teacher who inspired students to make the hard choice to study. Wherever you find such a teacher, you will also find self-motivated students who study hard. When students study hard, learning occurs.
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My mother took my picture to a model agency and the rest is history.
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The things that were happening in 1955 were cosmic … in terms of music history.
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Food is the best way to teach history and geography and most everything else.
