“Besides all those whaling details,
Moby Dick is about someone who’s looking
for something so huge, something they’ve
wanted all their life, yet they know
when they find it, it will kill them.”
~ Laurie Anderson
In Search of Moby Dick
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Do the Unexpected
“Elephants love to play around.
They are very intelligent animals.
They have a strong bond, at times
stretching to several decades,
with their mahouts.”
~ Mark Shand
Incomplete Fractures
“The world breaks everyone,
and afterward, some are strong
at the broken places.”
~ Ernest Hemingway
Weekend Power Nap
“The replenishing thing that comes
with a nap…you end up with
two mornings a day.”
~ Pete Hamill
Belief or Ballyhoo
“The belief that one’s own view
of reality is the only reality
is the most dangerous
of all delusions.”
~ Paul Watzlawick
The Warmth of Copper
“Copper is a superb cooking metal,
conducting heat so evenly it has
unparalleled control, especially
at low temperatures.”
~ Andrew Zimmern
The Brushstrokes of Snow
“Advice is like snow…
the softer it falls,
the longer it dwells upon,
and the deeper it sinks
into the mind.”
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Climb the Tree
“Living in fear stops us taking risks,
and if you don’t go out
on the branch, you’re never going
to get the best fruit.”
~ Sarah Parish
If Dreams Were Shoes
“That’s like asking a cobbler
if he’s made too many
pairs of shoes.”
~ Harvey Keitel
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