Eric Asimov famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I would stay [in the newsroom] until 3 am "in case something happened." But I mostly had nothing to do between 1 and 3 am so I used that time to write. And I chose to write about food and wine. Along the way I carved out a role for myself.
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The sparkling wines from Ridgeview Estate [...] are superb and will forever put to rest the notion that England is not capable of making good wine.
-- Eric Asimov
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Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.
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Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are much more convincing and detailed.
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If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.
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The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough experience of eating to have anything worth setting down.
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The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.
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One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian wine.
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