Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes
Whatever you read, there's no better place to read than the cockpit or the berth of a boat. It's kind of like being in a womb.
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No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.
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Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens.
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Buildings are always better than drawings and models.
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The role of designers and product makers is to really become much better editors. What kind of functionality is actually needed - and truly delightful - to consumers? Remove all the extraneous stuff.
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My hair and make-up secret is 'the messier the better.'
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There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you're kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you're young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish.
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I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.
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You still think we can go out there, and we can all run the mile in four minutes, you know, your mind still thinks that, but then you go out and actually try to do it, it's kind of scary.
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Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
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I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.
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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
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I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I.
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I feel like my kind of music is a big pot of different spices. It's a soup with all kinds of ingredients in it.
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The great apologist has to have lived large and wild. If he's going to kiss the world's boo-boos and make up, he'd better plant some bruises first. A master apologizer has to be a Lord Byron, a Rick in Casablanca, a Lee Atwater, anyway.
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
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As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.
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And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.
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I am as I am. The world is as it is. Whether I am content with that has very little to do with it.
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Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.
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I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children's stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, 'Can't you write anything normal?'
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I think it is important to stay open to the world around you, so that you are constantly in a state of growth and evolution, which can only happen through inspiration.
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Whatever you read, there's no better place to read than the cockpit or the berth of a boat. It's kind of like being in a womb.
