Mark Kurlansky Quotes
In the course of my research, I've read a lot of incredibly bad books - mostly by academics. I'm puzzled as to just why their writing is so terrible. These are smart people, after all.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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I have programmed myself to be at least 105 years old.
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If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have an impulsive leader in North Korea in Kim Jong-un. That's an unholy combination.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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Studios and networks who ignore either shift - whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement - will be left behind.
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It's one thing to buy a copy of 'Atlas Shrugged.' You actually have to read it to get anything out of it.
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One time Robert Plant was set to check into the same room after I checked out, so I removed every light bulb and ordered up a bunch of stinky cheese and put it under the mattress.
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Patrimonial capitalism's legacy is that many people see reform as a euphemism for corruption and self-dealing.
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I don't think people know me at all. At the end of the day, if you see me in sequins and glitter out at a club, you might think that's all there is. But, you know, it's just glitter. My friends who I've known since I was 17 - they know who I am.
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In the course of my research, I've read a lot of incredibly bad books - mostly by academics. I'm puzzled as to just why their writing is so terrible. These are smart people, after all.
