Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes
Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth!
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Quotes to Explore
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How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.
Karl Kraus
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The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun.
Candace Kita
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Sometimes I'm not even aware of some of the issues going on with me in my life until I sit down and start kind of looking for inspiration, trying to find something that inspires that creativity.
Sam Hunt
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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
Tama Janowitz
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ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
Lasse Hallstrom
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The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.
Pat Conroy
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What does cookery mean? It means the knowledge of Medea and of Circe,
and of Calypso, and Sheba. It means knowledge of all herbs, and fruits, and
balms and spices... It means the economy of your great-grandmother and the
science of modern chemistry, and French art, and Arabian hospitality. It
means, in fine, that you are to see imperatively that everyone has something
nice to eat.
John Ruskin
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When I perform, I don’t think about the haters, the Internet trolls, or anyone else. I care about giving the person in front of me something they won’t forget. And that’s why I bring the cake and raft out.
Steve Aoki
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
Katharine Hepburn
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Saltwater fishing is only for the strong man with a hard stomach. It's like sex after lunch.
Charles Ritz
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There can be a lot of mind games going on between the players. When you're about to serve, people will try to throw you off your rhythm by taking a walk. If you're tired, you can't show that at all to an opponent.
Rajiv Ouseph
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Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth!
Nathaniel Parker Willis