Mark Kurlansky Quotes

Things that become important to economies become ritualized and become deified. Because I'm Jewish, I always thought it was interesting that in Judaism, salt seals a bargain, particularly the covenant with God. Some people, when they bless bread, they dip it in salt. Same thing exists in Islam.

Mark Kurlansky

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GodPeopleThoughtInterestingSalt

A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.

Jim C. Hines

AloneHealthFunEnoughTurnPark

I love the fact we're still on the road. I was born to be a factory worker really, so for me the chance to get on stage at Wembley 30 years after we started is amazing.

Joe Elliott

LoveAmazingMeRoadChanceBorn

I stay in my own little zone, and that's good for me.

Joely Fisher

GoodMeMy OwnLittleOwnStay

When I was first asked to be on 'Washington Week', I never prepared more for an appearance.

John Dickerson

WeekAppearanceWashingtonNever

They want to wipe - in fact, the Democrat Party in their own platform last year wiped even - any reference to God completely from their platform.

John Fleming

GodYearPartyWantOwnDemocrat

Singing beautiful melodies is one thing, but to deliver the text so that the people understand it, even in a foreign language, has to be worked at very hard.

Maureen Forrester

BeautifulPeopleSingingLanguage

But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about.

Anita Hill

PeopleEndPoliticalGenderNeed

I really hate people who feel their private lives should be paraded, and there are magazines like 'Hello!,' 'OK' and 'Bella' totally devoted to this.

Ross Kemp

HatePeopleFeelHelloDevotedLike

One problem I have with faith-healing is that it tends to be focused only on the physical aspect of healing. But Jesus always backed away when people came to him only to get their physical needs met. My goodness, he was ready to have you lop off your hand! His real interest was in healing the soul.

Joni Eareckson Tada

SoulHealingPeopleProblemYou

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do.

Douglas Coupland

CareYouPersonMorePretendThings

Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.

Dennis Bergkamp

TimeFootballYouCareerTrapped

I never want to turn something down because I'm afraid to do it, because of some idea of image or whatever. That was never anything I set out to do. In fact, the opposite, I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.

Christian Bale

PeopleDownWantKindNeverImage

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