Mary Roach Quotes
Literally thousands of e-mails over the course of a book go out to people I've never met, people who might end up being the focus of a chapter.
Quotes to Explore
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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When I first started out, I was a bad actor.
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In Germany I am not so famous.
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Architecture is undistinguished, sometimes derelict, but occasionally, as in 'Post and Beam,' there is something arresting in a setting... the building behind the Cathedral.
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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
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First, to begin with, Mexico is North American; the one that is using wrong the term is United States. United States is not North America. North America is Mexico, United States, and Canada.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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I'm letting inspiration move me, in whatever direction it may, without concern if this sounds too rap or too indie, or there's too many words in it.
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Some economists believe that the Greeks' work ethic and thrift can pull them through. But the classical virtues can do nothing to offset the dearth of innovation that plagues the economy.
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You know, I'm the only one in this family who has no problems, . . . And you know why? Because any time I'm feeling blue, or puzzled , what I do, I just invite a few people to come visit me in the bathroom, and--well, we iron things out together, that's all.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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I never get starstruck.
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Literally thousands of e-mails over the course of a book go out to people I've never met, people who might end up being the focus of a chapter.
