Mark Kurlansky Quotes
Montserrat is a very pleasant place to do nothing. The islanders know this, and they know this is why tourists go there, but they are not totally comfortable with the notion.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.
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It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
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I love 'Strange Brew'. I quote that movie all the time, and no one knows what I'm talking about.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.
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I've been wrestling since I was 18 years old. And within the first five months of my wrestling career, I'd already had three concussions. And for years after that, I would get a concussion here and there, and it gets to the point that when you've been wrestling for 16 years, that adds up to a lot of concussions.
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For anyone who's been in care, successfully coming through the system is nothing to with money or success; it's the ability to feel love and be loved in return.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
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Our program for American GIs can be heard at 1630 hours.
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I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
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Returns matter a lot. It's our capital.
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I had written for the theater and didn't know that I knew how to write for film. Ultimately, I think it's just trusting your voice, trusting your characters, and then telling them in a different medium.
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With music, there's a conversation happening. You're hearing what's going on right now, with people's emotional states, in a communal way, and listening to that is really - it's both informative and so generous. It's like emotional news.
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Democratic strategists and operatives should not design a strategy based off today's conditions. They should be setting a strategy for where the trajectory of polling is headed.
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I do not know why it distressed me so much to see an animal die when human death did not move me. Perhaps because they were more beautiful, and there is no corruption in them, while in the best of men there can always be found some guilt or wickedness which seems to have earned him death.
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Montserrat is a very pleasant place to do nothing. The islanders know this, and they know this is why tourists go there, but they are not totally comfortable with the notion.
