"Judging foods without regard to price is a rich mans game, and yet poor people can be gourmets able to discern a good potato from a bad one."

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Source : Mark Kurlansky (2013). “Choice Cuts”, p.26, Random House

Mark Kurlansky

#Games Quotes #Judging Quotes #People Quotes

“I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time - never. These allegations are false.”

Source : Comment during remarks on after-school child-care initiative, 26 Jan. 1998
“If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules.”

Source : " Trent Reznor: 'a staleness has permeated rock music'", www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2014.
“Sometimes I got worried that my memory was falling apart.”
“There is something very satisfactory about being in the middle of something.”
“I don't know a high C from a low C.”
“I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine.”

Source : "'I want to make the world better'". Interview with Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
“I want to make someone walk straight, but I've left my sons nothing but wars.”
“All the world's major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But the reality of the world today is that grounding ethics in religion is no longer adequate. This is why I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion altogether.”

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