"A new regulation for the publishing industry: "The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at which it was discussed."

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Calvin Trillin

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Lunch Quotes

“We've got Chinese, white, black and mixed; but remember that our colors are cheap, for after many years of contracts and tricks nobody's purity runs very deep.”
“Whether you're a mother or father, or a husband or a son, or a niece or a nephew or uncle, breast cancer doesn't discriminate.”

Source : "Stephanie McMahon Q&A: 'I love to play the bad guy'". Interview with Marcus Vanderberg, sports.yahoo.com. October 21, 2014.
“You don't go to the people that are just like you. You go to the people that you have to earn their credit.”
“When one has extensively pondered about men, as a career or as a vocation, one sometimes feels nostalgic for primates. At least they do not have ulterior motives.”
“Who can fail to mist at Fergie's anthem, 'My humps, my humps, my lovely lady lumps.' Hmmm. 'My lunch, my lunch, I swear it's coming up.”
“Because the path of the righteous man was never supposed to be easy,' I whispered. 'Those who are chosen by the Lord are given a hard journey. The rewards will come later.”

Source : "Fictional character: Jules". "Pulp Fiction", www.imdb.com. 1994.
“Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.”
“My mom doesn't get the whole gay thing, but she loves me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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