Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes

Nantucket was a Quaker-based culture, so they were not readers. There's a great Nantucket-based novel from the 19th century that Melville read for his research for 'Moby-Dick': 'Miriam Coffin' by Joseph Hart.

Nathaniel Philbrick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatCultureResearchReadReaders

I come from a very uncool profession: being a washed up child actor.

Jenny Lewis

ChildActorUpBeingComeVery

I want to be the Mexican-American Oprah Winfrey. That's a small goal, isn't it? That's something that I want. And of course not just to host, I want to OWN it! So, that's in my future.

Jenni Rivera

FutureSmallGoalWantOwnJust

'Ders' is something I've been called since I was six by neighbors and stuff growing up.

Anders Holm

Growing UpGrowingNeighborsUpBeen

I can compete with anybody. I'm a true competitor. I'm a winner.

Stefon Diggs

WinnerI CanTrueCompeteCompetitor

For me, luxury isn't just the real thing. It's also fake. Swarovski crystals or real diamonds? It's a game.

Sonia Rykiel

MeGameDiamondsFakeLuxuryReal

A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people for almost 20 years. That serves me well, I hope, when I try to understand how a character might be feeling, or how they might react.

Louise Penny

GoodCharacterHopeGreatPeopleMe

Very gifted people, they win and they win, and they are told that they win because they are a winner. That seems like a positive thing to tell children, but ultimately, what that means is when they lose, it must make them a loser.

Joshua Waitzkin

PositiveChildrenPeopleWinWinner

Search folks don't understand editorial. I'm not afraid of editorial costs, just like machine-search folks are not afraid of computer servers.

Jason Calacanis

SearchUnderstandAfraidCostsJust

My mom beat us until she started breaking clothes hangers. Wooden clothes hangers! Once we started laughing back at her, then your spankings were through. That's the way I was raised. So, I got to be about 13 years of age when finally she quit spanking on me. But I think that it was great way to be raised.

Doug Harvey

AgeGreatMeMomThinkClothes

I've gone far in the movie business, but no matter how far I go, every time I pick up the phone to call Tom Hanks or Robin Williams, I wonder if they'll call me back. And you know what? Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't.

Dawn Steel

BusinessTimeMeYouBackPhone

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

Chuck Jones

CreativityAnxiety

The kinds of things that poetry can offer are timeless - mainly the kind of compression it offers of powerful language, powerful feelings and images, and, you know, the inner experience becoming outer.

Brenda Hillman

ExperiencePoetryLanguagePowerful

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