"Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized."

-- Vikram Seth

#Needs Quotes #Propensity Quotes

“Cookery, or the art of preparing good and wholesome food, and of preserving all sorts of alimentary substances in a state fit for human sustenance, or rendering that agreeable to the taste which is essential to the support of life, and of pleasing the palate without injury to the system, is, strictly speaking, a branch of chemistry; but, important as it is both to our enjoyments and our health, it is also one of the latest cultivated branches of the science.”

Source : Friedrich Christian Accum (1821). “Culinary chemistry: exhibiting the scientific principles of cookery, with concise instructions for preparing good and wholesome pickles, vinegar, conserves, fruit jellies, marmalades, and various other alimentary substances employed in domestic economy, with observations on the chemical constitution and nutritive qualities of different kinds of food : with copper plates”, p.1
“I am a Mexican that has been lucky enough to travel the world, speaking English, but with a heart that speaks a universal language.”
“I don't like alcohol, but I still like to mess around with other stuff occasionally. I think it's important I take mushrooms and acid. They're certainly not addictive, so I can't rule that out.”

Source : "I can't completely let go of drugs - and I don't want to" by Mat Snow, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2006.
“I've learned to let things roll off my back.”
“Criticize on defense and encourage on offense.”
“I've always wanted my offering to have broad appeal and work for a diverse range of women with different lifestyles.”
“Pale, nervous girls with black-rimmed glasses and blunt-cut hair lolled around on sofas, riffling Penguin Classics provocativelyâ€¦ But it wasnâ€™t just intellectual experiences. They were peddling emotional ones, too. For fifty bucks, I learned, you could â€˜relate without getting close.â€™ For a hundred, a girl would lend you her Bartok records, have dinner, and then let you watch while she had an anxiety attack.”
“These bible people remind me of another calamity similar to this missionary scheme, when our people, or any christian power would go to Africa for the pious purpose of kidnapping negroes, the mother would cry out to her children "run, run, the christians are coming," so when ever you hear "bibles," run for your life, if you do not want your pockets picked, or to be insulted and slandered as I was... and if you hear "hopeful conversions" or the "gospel," don't stop to look behind you.”

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