Beryl Markham Quotes
To me, desert has the quality of darkness; none of the shapes you see in it are real or permanent. Like night, the desert is boundless, comfortless, and infinite. Like night, it intrigues the mind and leads it to futility. When you have flown halfway across a desert, you experience the desperation of a sleepless man waiting for dawn which only comes when the importance of its coming is lost.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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I just started making Bloody Marys. I always thought they looked gross, then I tasted one. There's an art to it, from the Tabasco to the Worcestershire.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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Music is such a part of my soul.
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Developing nations want to become developed nations.
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Cussing ain't for everybody.
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I am a very active audience member. I want to be moved. I want to be confronted. I want to feel.
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In lean times, you get plenty of sleep, and you're not flying around everywhere.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
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A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying.
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I'm a Nintendo geek, so I'm a pretty big Nintendo fan.
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In some ways, I feel like I've always dabbled in nostalgia. It's just what I do; it comes naturally.
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I would like to think I'm a good secret-keeper, when it comes to friends. I'm quite loyal like that.
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The way governments treat their own citizens matters; it matters because it can have a direct impact on international peace and security - and on our respective national security interests.
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The overwhelming number of police officers in Chicago are doing good work under difficult conditions. They put their lives on the line every day in situations none of us can fully comprehend or appreciate.
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I also had a mistaken attitude towards certain comrades.
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To a great experience one thing is essential - an experiencing nature.
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In popular culture, when women compete, it's usually over a man, and it's usually very nasty. And that is just frankly not my experience. That's just some kind of popular mythology, it feels like. I find it insulting.
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I really thought I wanted to be a lawyer, but then I had an epiphany when I was in law school and dropped out. I'd always been a journalism junkie, but I'd never had confidence to think that I could actually edit or write the stories.
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I'm suited to harsh conditions, I don't like racing in the heat.
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To me, desert has the quality of darkness; none of the shapes you see in it are real or permanent. Like night, the desert is boundless, comfortless, and infinite. Like night, it intrigues the mind and leads it to futility. When you have flown halfway across a desert, you experience the desperation of a sleepless man waiting for dawn which only comes when the importance of its coming is lost.
