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The invention of gas and electric heaters has not meant the end of fireplaces. Printing did not end penmanship, television did not kill radio, movies did not kill theatre, and home videos did not kill movie theaters, although all these things were falsely predicted.
Author: Mark Kurlansky - American JournalistHome , End , Movies , Theatre
Don't forget the Vietnam War was brought to us by Democrats.
Author: Mark Kurlansky - American JournalistForget , War , Us , Vietnam War
As a post-Holocaust kid, growing up in a neighborhood with a lot of Jewish refugees, I had got the idea there were no Jews left in Europe. But I found in my European wanderings that many of them had gone back and rebuilt their lives.
Author: Mark Kurlansky - American JournalistGrowing Up , Back , Left , Kid
One of the truly horrible things about the Holocaust is that it doesn't end in 1945. It keeps affecting our lives in the way we think, and it will affect the way our children see the world.
Author: Mark Kurlansky - American JournalistWorld , Children , Think , Way
Montserrat is a very pleasant place to do nothing. The islanders know this, and they know this is why tourists go there, but they are not totally comfortable with the notion.
Author: Mark Kurlansky - American JournalistKnow , Nothing , Go , Place
A water route to Chinese trade replacing the long, arduous Silk Road was a great dream of the Renaissance.
Author: Mark Kurlansky - American JournalistLong , Great , Road , Water
I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of humor. Humor is the first victim of translation.
Author: Mark Kurlansky - American JournalistHumor , Book , Sense Of Humor , Paris
When I was a kid, we had this great advantage of there being no YA books. You read kid books and then went on to adult books. When I was 12 or 13, I read all of Steinbeck and Hemingway. I thought I should read everything a writer writes.
Author: Mark Kurlansky - American JournalistYou , Everything , Great , Thought
When I was 13 or 14, I took this speed-reading course. A lot of the things you do in speed reading you shouldn't do to a good author, but I've been reading really fast ever since.
Author: Mark Kurlansky - American JournalistYou , Good , Reading , Speed
I read pretty well in French and Spanish. I don't want to read a book written in French or Spanish in translation.
Author: Mark Kurlansky - American JournalistWant , Pretty , Book , Translation
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