Karl Marlantes Quotes

Vietnam was the first time that Americans of different races had to depend on each other. In the Second World War, they were segregated; it was in Vietnam that American integration happened in the military - and it wasn't easy.

Karl Marlantes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 24, 1944

Topics

TimeWarWorldAmericanEasyDepend

I consider a perfect hot dog on the street to be as valid a food experience as dinner at Blue Hill at Stone Barns.

Andrew Zimmern

DogFoodExperienceBlueDinnerHot

News and images move so easily across borders that attitudes and aspirations are no longer especially national. Cyber-weapons, no longer the exclusive province of national governments, can originate in a hacker's garage.

Robert Reich

NewsHackerBordersMoveAspirations

I was the seventh child in a family of eight siblings. We lost our father very young, and my mother had pretty much single-handedly brought us up.

Shiv Nadar

FamilyFatherMotherChildYoungUp

Worrying won't prevent the worst outcome. I've learned to live in the moment, which is not my natural tendency. I've always thought that if I worried about something enough, it wouldn't happen. I forgot to worry about Parkinson's.

Tracy Pollan

LiveMomentThoughtWorryEnough

Life can be either of two things: What it makes of you or what you make of it.

Rodney Crowell

LifeYouTwoThingsMakeEither

The Coen brothers are amazing; they're special.

Domhnall Gleeson

AmazingSpecialBrothersCoen

We can certainly go further than cats, but why should it be that our brains are somehow so suited to the universe that our brains will be able to understand the deepest workings?

Brian Greene

CatsUniverseGoWhyUnderstand

I do want to go out on top, as a winner.

Art Modell

WinnerGoWantTopOut

The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.

Paul Thomas Anderson

LoveStraightforwardLikeStuffVery

It's the job of a special advisor to be the eyes and ears of a minister and it's the job of a corporate lobbyist to represent the best interests of their organization.

Thomas Watson, Jr.

EyesBestJobOrganizationSpecial

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Norman Douglas

FunnyPeopleThinkYouNeverMean

The cost to Tata of purchasing Land Rover and Jaguar may have been small, but its wider symbolic significance is enormous.

Martin Jacques

SmallLandPurchasingCostMayBeen

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