Alex Shoumatoff Quotes

If the world were an orange with 18 segments meeting at the top (the North Pole), roughly 8 of them would be in Russia, Canada would have 4, Denmark 2, and Norway, Sweden, and the U.S. just one apiece. Only a sliver of Alaska, on the Beaufort Sea, lies above the Arctic Circle.

Alex Shoumatoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 4, 1946

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I heard Mr. Wild Bill Davis. I heard him play in 1930 and he told me that it would take me fifteen years just to learn the pedals, the pedals of the organ and I got mad.

Jimmy Smith

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I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.

Jewel

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I used comedy to deflect a lot of situations; if you make someone laugh, they don't want to punch you in the face.

Mel Rodriguez

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I would have loved to play Arjun Rampal's role in 'Rock On!'

Amruta Khanvilkar

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I play guitar and I love the Beatles and melodic music.

Stephen Dorff

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I had a bet with Gordon Kane of Michigan University that the Higgs particle wouldn't be found.

Stephen Hawking

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We think healthcare costs should be going down, not up. We think people should be able to keep insurance that they had.

Rob Portman

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One should eat to live, not live to eat.

Moliere

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I always wanted to have a headphone line but I feel like I'm going to do more than just headphones eventually, but we want to wake the world up right now with this.

DJ Khaled

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I didn't want to be known as Madonna's playboy, her boy toy.

Dennis Rodman

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I was born into a world in which the most compelling stories are through film. But that wasn't always the case. Everything changes; everything evolves.

Chris Milk

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The National Socialist Party in Austria never tried to hide its inclination for a greater Germany.

Arthur Seyss-Inquart

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