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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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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There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening.
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When we go out to the university, the professors always say, 'Tell these students about your five-year plan and your 10-year plan,' and I say, 'Gee, we're lucky if we have a year plan.'
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Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.
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You don't have to be Picasso or Rembrandt to create something. The fun of it, the joy of creating, is way high above anything else to do with the art form.
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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.
