Mark Kurlansky Quotes

There comes a time in every writer's life when it becomes necessary to recognize what people really care about.

Mark Kurlansky

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LifeTimePeopleCareNecessary

For all the splendours of the world's greatest galleries, visitors are likely to be kept at arm's length, spectators of a world that can seem too rarefied to let them in.

Jim Crace

WorldSeemGreatestLengthArmThem

You don't wanna be around your family constantly.

John Oates

FamilyYouYourAroundConstantly

I mean, when you get down to very low numbers of nuclear weapons, and you contemplate going to zero, how do you deal with the reality of that technology being available to almost any country that seeks to pursue it? And what conditions do you put in place?

Robert M. Gates

TechnologyRealityYouDownPlace

My driving, I've been accused of not being the best, most safest driver.

Matt Dillon

BestDrivingBeing The BestDriver

Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a manifestation of militancy, would look like a fight against religions.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

FightLookReligionsManifestation

I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch.

Stephanie Zimbalist

New YorkBornNewUpRanchGrew

With Alien, because we always use a different director, each one kind of stands on its own. So I guess it's possible for them to make another one, but we have no plans.

Sigourney Weaver

AlienKindPlansPossibleDirector

I don't know what I would do without my smartphone as I am on the go all day.

Denise Van Outen

DayI AmGoKnowWithoutWould

I said that the only way I could have a band that would work in the format of my show is if the band were crap. So if I have a band they'd have to really suck.

Craig Ferguson

WorkSaidWayBandShowSuck

The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation.

Avery Brundage

LifeEducationEyesGameGoal

Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.

Allan Bloom

LifeGreatPeopleThoughtsValues

Some of the most intelligent people I've met in my life are priests and pastors; now, a lot of them aren't that, though. Some of the most sanctimonious and hypocritical people I've met are priests and pastors, also.

Scott Derrickson

LifePeopleMy LifeNowIntelligent

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