Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes

Nantucket's English settlers, who first disembarked on the island in 1659, had been mindful of the sea's dangers. They had hoped to earn their livelihoods not as fishermen but as farmers and shepherds on this grassy isle dotted with ponds, where no wolves preyed.

Nathaniel Philbrick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 11, 1956

Topics

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I've been every size in the world. Parts of my twenties, I was in great shape, but I didn't appreciate it. 'If I was a 6 or an 8,' I thought, 'Why aren't I a 2 or a 4?'

Melissa McCarthy

GreatWorldThoughtAppreciateWhy

I think the music business is probably not happy with what we've done, because the people buying the record have actually got to pick what they want to buy, rather than being told what they should buy.

John Otway

BusinessMusicHappyPeopleThink

Sound quality was supposed to be one of the big selling points for CDs but, as we know, it wasn't very good at all. It was just another con, a get-rich-quick scheme, a monumental hoax perpetrated on the music consuming public.

John Mellencamp

GoodMusicQualitySellingKnowBig

I've never felt like I've exactly traded on my looks. When I was a teenager, I was an ultra late bloomer, and my mom would say it was a blessing because it means you never have to wonder if guys are only interested in you because you've got boobs.

Anna Kendrick

BlessingMomYouLateWonderLooks

As a kid, I trained to be an Olympic gymnast. My schedule was rigorous. Four hours a day, Monday through Saturday, I was at the gym. My body was like a boy's, narrow hips, flat-chested, wide shoulders. When I was 12, I badly injured my ankle and was forced to stop training immediately.

Amanda de Cadenet

DayTrainingMondaySaturdayBody

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

Sophocles

CheatTreatyEverImpediment

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.

Simone de Beauvoir

WomanWordsBrokenMagicSexKind

The Bay of Pigs is one of America's most infamous Cold War blunders, and it has been studied, debated, and dramatized endlessly ever since.

Robert Dallek

WarColdAmericaCold WarPigsBeen

Money can be a reflection of our perceptions of power, self-esteem, personal history, fears, and happiness.

Mary Pilon

HappinessPowerHistoryReflection

Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.

Chinua Achebe

ArtManEffortRealityCreateHim

I went to Parsons. American sportswear was my education, and that is what is important to me.

Chris Benz

EducationMeAmericanImportant

Sometimes I feel like I'm two people. I'm proud of who I am as a person, but I do want to be at a healthy weight.

Chrissy Metz

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