Mark Barrowcliffe Quotes

I was staying at the Konchucos Tambo lodge, next to the Huascaran national park, near Chavin. Sitting here on its veranda, I was beginning to see where all those Latin American magical realists get their inspiration from: they don't need to make anything up; they just write down what's around them.

Mark Barrowcliffe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 1, 1964

Topics

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We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?

Jessamyn West

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Is it government's job to make up for someone's mistakes?

Jesse Ventura

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To say 'A High Wind in Jamaica' is a novel about children who are abducted by pirates is to make it seem like a children's book. But that's completely wrong; its theme is actually how heartless children are.

Andrew Sean Greer

ChildrenWindBookWrongSayHigh

Striving is exhausting. Sometimes I do say things like, 'I wish I were not quite this driven to be excellent.' It's not a comfortable life. It's not relaxed. I'm not relaxed as a person. I mean, I'm not unhappy. But... it's the opposite of being comfortable.

Angela Duckworth

LifeUnhappyWishPersonStriving

There is a broad cultural current that conveys the idea that a film is like a football team, it represents a nation, it is illustrated literature, filmed radio. These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with today's realities.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

TodayFootballTeamLiteratureRadio

I'm going to do 'The Social Network Two: The Electric Boogaloo.' And I have a part in 'Beige Swan.' I'm going to be the lead, but I don't dance. I just do a lot of sitting down. It's too tiring to get up and dance around. That should be coming out in 20-never.

Amy Poehler

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I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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If only all straight weddings could be somehow gay-ified.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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The older ideas are rendering more and more bland music.

Tom Jenkinson

MusicIdeasMoreOlderMore And More

The best-kept secret about Don Johnson is the fact that he is a terrific actor.

Michael Mann

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I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.

Loretta Lynn

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Don't let anyone tell you your ideas are stupid or the thing you feel most passionate about 'won't work' - it's happened to me time and time again, and we find that if you push at what you think is interesting hard enough, you're probably right.

Dennis Crowley

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