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Commercial fishing is always so behind the curve of technology that they were building ships with wooden hulls and masts in the 1940s, though it also had a diesel engine, which probably was used most of the time.
— Mark Kurlansky
Tags: always, fishing, time, technology

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I would like to know what politicians eat on the campaign trail, what Picasso ate in his pink period, what Walt Whitman ate while writing the verse that defined America, what mid-westerners bring to potlucks, what is served at company banquets, what is in a Sunday dinner these days, and what workers bring for lunch.
— Mark Kurlansky
Tags: pink, know, lunch, dinner
I have an increasingly strong feeling that all of us, myself included, too many times make too many statements and don't ask enough questions.
— Mark Kurlansky
Tags: enough, strong, feeling, myself
I'd done occasional short stories, but I don't like publishing them in literary magazines; they treat you too much like college boys.
— Mark Kurlansky
Tags: like, college, treat, you
I am of that '60s generation, and for people of my age, that phrase 'change the world' has a real resonance.
— Mark Kurlansky
Tags: world, people, age, change
One of the things I am most proud of is refusing to serve in the military when drafted during the Vietnam War.
— Mark Kurlansky
Tags: things, proud, i-am, war
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