Mark Kurlansky Quotes

The Pilgrims were unified by their religious zeal, but they couldn't fish, they didn't know how to hunt, and they were bad at farming. In fact, they never had a good harvest until they learned to fish cod and plow the waste in the ground as fertilizer.

Mark Kurlansky

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GoodFishBadKnowHarvestFarming

It's because of women like my grandmother Roberta - women who have lived their lives fearlessly, on their own terms - that I am who I am. I'm grateful to have such an inspiring woman as a grandmother.

Meghan McCain

WomenGratefulWomanI AmOwnLived

Jews seek to cleave to the will of God as set forth in the Bible and, particularly, the Pentateuch, with its rabbinic commentaries, the Mishnah and Talmud.

Meir Soloveichik

GodBibleWillSeekJewsSet

Russia has gone through eight years of continuing economic pain.

Jeffrey Sachs

PainYearsRussiaThroughGone

Seagulls are a landfill nuisance because they fly away with food scraps and, as is their reputation, fight each other over them midflight, often losing them, and soon a lady has a half-eaten hamburger splashing into her backyard pool.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

FoodFightLosingFlyReputation

While most trudge through their days straight-jacketed in the social compact, living for others as much as or more than for themselves, a select few excel.

John Ridley

LivingOthersMoreThroughDays

Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.

Alphonsus Liguori

LoveConfidencePracticeYouHim

When I was about eight, my mom started disappearing for days at a time, probably with one of the guys she was dating. There would be no food.

Stormy Daniels

TimeFoodDatingMomSheDays

I think about the very truth that changed my life. I want to put good things in my music.

Trip Lee

LifeGoodMusicTruthGood Things

In all honesty, I grew up a certain way. I never had to worry about money... that was my reality.

Tori Spelling

HonestyMoneyRealityWorryWayUp

It is wrong to believe that Hispanics are Democrats. Hispanics are traditionally and historically conservative, not just socially conservative, but fiscally conservative.

Luis Fortuno

BelieveWrongConservativeDemocrats

It doesn't really seem any different anywhere. I'd say it seems like we're biggest in Australia. It's just that we've always been this underground band and for some reason in the last month has been starting to go overground.

Jon Crosby

GoSayAustraliaBandReasonMonth

Well, when I was fifteen years old I worked in a lingerie store and that's how I feel in love with vintage lingerie because I wanted to know the history of it.

Dita Von Teese

LoveHistoryVintageFeelKnowOld

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