Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes

By 1760, the Nantucketers had virtually exterminated the local whale population.

Nathaniel Philbrick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I think in 'Escape Fire,' we really look at the military as a microcosm for the rest of America.

Matthew Heineman

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I thank the Almighty for the most wonderful 18 years. Far, far, too short a time.

John Zimmerman

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When I was a child, I always wanted to be funny and to please people in my family. As you grow up that instinct becomes more refined, but it's still there.

Romola Garai

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History is written by the winners. My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can't shout.

Ruth Negga

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Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Rumi

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People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

Martina Navratilova

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It's OK to have a little bit of curve.

Miranda Lambert

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I love it when somebody makes me laugh - it's what attracts me to people.

Dawn French

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Reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis are particularly concerning.

Phil Gingrey

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With Pantera, we lived through so many trend-of-the-day situations - when grunge was huge, we were still a heavy metal band; when hip-hop started getting incorporated into metal, we stuck to our guns and remained a heavy metal band very purposefully.

Phil Anselmo

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Once you've established where you are, you go to the character and elaborate on expressions and action.

Sergio Aragones

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When I started on 'Saturday Night Live,' I had the choice of wearing contact lenses, which I had never worn before, or glasses, in order to be able to read the cue cards.

Tina Fey

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