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Mark Helprin Quotes

Mozart and Neil Diamond may have begun with the same idea, but that a work of art is more than an idea is confirmed by the difference between the 'Soave sia il vento' and 'Kentucky Woman.' We have different words for 'art' and 'idea' because they are two different things.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 28, 1947

Topics

Work Art Woman Words More Kentucky

I'm always intrigued by authors who say, 'This book took 17 drafts.' They're very clear about it. I couldn't possibly count the number of times... So many of these stories I worked on for a very long time and wrote them, set them aside, rewrote them, worked on something else - they were never far from reach; they informed each other.

Time Book Reach Long Long Time Say

I like the idea of doing something outside my comfort zone.

Comfort Zone Doing Comfort Outside

Even bad results teach you something, and you can learn your lessons and get better.

Better Learn You Bad Results Teach

Adam's abduction was our private hell - but it was not an isolated incident. On any given day, any number of children are absent from their homes for diverse and numerous reasons.

Children Day Hell Absent Reasons

I am like a security camera ever on the watch. The furtive quality of vision feels to me like an incredibly valuable weapon. Everything I see gets transformed into a private sketch or painting in my mind, stored away for future reference, future evidence, future ammunition.

Rosemary Mahoney

Future Vision Quality I Am Mind Me

Getting married is a good time to revaluate all of your relationships. Have you had the same haircut since seventh grade? Have you found products that work for your skin? You need time to experiment.

Jonathan Van Ness

Work Good Time Haircut You Skin

I look for a good story. Usually the best stories are the ones that are unbelievably true. 'Soul Surfer' is one of those stories.

Good Best Soul Story Look True

Modern medicine, for all its advances, knows less than 10 percent of what your body knows instinctively.

Medicine Body Your Body Modern Your

It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.

Good Heart Words Broken Sick Makes

It is now widely recognized that any attempt at malaria eradication must be a long-term commitment that involves multiple interventions, disciplines, strategies and organizations.

Commitment Now Long-Term Must Any

I think I'm so low key.

Think Key Low I Think

Leave history to historians.

History Leave Historians

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