"Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or two of hot toast, a pot of steaming Darjeeling tea, and you may tell the butler to dispense with the caviar, truffles and nightingales' tongues."

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Source : Craig Claiborne (1994). “Craig Claiborne's New York Times Food Encyclopedia”, Outlet

Craig Claiborne

#Two Quotes #Giving Quotes #Water Quotes

“Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in Black Mask magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler learnt their craft and developed a distinct literary style and attitude toward the modern world.”
“The husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the Church. And the wife is there to bless and support and help him.”
“My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix.”
“If blacks are oppressed in America, why isnâ€™t there a black exodus?”

Source : David Horowitz (2016). “Progressive Racism”, p.64, Encounter Books
“When you're in government, of course, you have protection and you have people who are looking out for your wellbeing, but you can't live in a state of fear. If you do, you're not going to do your job very well and you're going to give yourself high blood pressure, which probably isn't worth it.”
“Read it aloud to yourself because that's the only way to be sure the rhythms of the sentences are OK.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Diana Athill, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
“A man of the Night's Watch lives his life for the realm. Not for a king, nor a lord, nor the honor of this house or that house, neither for gold nor glory nor a woman's love, but for the realm, and all the people in it. A man of the Night's Watch takes no wife and fathers no sons. Our wife is duty. Our mistress is honor. And you are the only sons we shall ever know.”
“The true athlete should have character, not be a character”

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