"I suppose there are people who can pass up free guacamole, but they're either allergic to avocado or too joyless to live."

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Source : Frank Bruni (2009). “Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite”, p.166, Penguin

Frank Bruni

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“Old Age, a second child, by nature curst With more and greater evils than the first, Weak, sickly, full of pains: in ev'ry breath Railing at life, and yet afraid of death.”

Source : 'Gotham' (1764) bk. 1, l. 215
“the body, seeking truth, sends a signal. But decoding it, interpreting its meaning, and knowing how to proceed from there is another matter entirely.”
“I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.”
“I train six days a week for four to five hours a day. I like to keep the same schedule when I'm in camp for every fight.”
“If your advertising goes unnoticed, everything else is academic!”

Source : "Making Dr. King a Pitchman, Turning His Words Upside Down", www.nytimes.com. February 5, 2018.
“Mrs. Pang was once a nanny for me, and she spoils me the way I imagined kindhearted women would spoil an orphan, loving me for whom I am, exactly the opposite of my mother, whose love I have to earn with great effort and with little success.”

Source : Yiyun Li (2007). “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Stories”, p.151, Random House
“If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.”

Source : "A queen's message to girls: More than tiaras and cupcakes". Open Letter by Queen Rania of Jordan, www.cnn.com. June 17, 2013.
“I'm not sure that I could give notes to someone that I revere. That's a general challenge of directing, giving notes to someone you revere. The other big contribution to this, which most people I show footage to take note of is Mauro Fiore's cinematography is unbelievable.”

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