Mark Helprin quotes - page 2

Not born to be rich, by 1981 I had nonetheless begun to use a PC that required for its operation the absorption of several hundred pages of protocols and the placement of very large floppy disks in the freezer to fix frequent crashes. (Mark Helprin)
I have been fighting over commas all my life. View quote
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Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor. View quote
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Mozart and Neil Diamond may have begun with the same idea, but that a work of art is more than an idea is confirmed by the difference between the 'Soave sia il vento' and 'Kentucky Woman.' We have different words for 'art' and 'idea' because they are two different things. View quote
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I have seen lonely people of advancing age, yet as constant as angels, keeping faith to those they loved who fell in wars that current generations, not having known them, cannot even forget. The sight of them moving hesitantly among the tablets and crosses is enough to break your heart. View quote
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The human race is intoxicated with narrow victories, for life is a string of them like pearls that hit the floor when the rope breaks, and roll away in perfection and anarchy. View quote
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The best way to meet a woman is in an emergency situation - if you're in a shipwreck, or you find yourself behind enemy lines, or in a flood. View quote
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A good river is nature's life work in song. View quote
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I've imagined great victories, and I've imagined great races. The races are better. View quote
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My father ran London Films. He made films like 'The Red Shoes,' 'The Third Man.' And he had had a long career in the film business, which was bifurcated with a career in intelligence. He had to deal with gangsters, and sometimes he would take me with him. Also, I went to school with their children. View quote
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Not surprisingly, he began to sing, and because no one in the world could hear him, and he sang without inhibition, he sang well. (Mark Helprin)
...to be paid for one's joy is to steal. View quote
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And they'll vote for me because I'm the best liar, because I do it honestly, with a certain finesse. They know that lies and truth are very close, and that something beautiful rests between. View quote
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I'm sort of murdered for selling books. The idea is, if you make money your work can't be literary. View quote
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I've never had a cup of coffee in my life. I can't even remain in the same room with coffee. View quote
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Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future. View quote
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