"THE ROMANS SALTED their greens, believing this to counteract the natural bitterness, which is the origin of the word salad, salted."

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Source : Mark Kurlansky (2003). “Salt: A World History”, p.48, Penguin

Mark Kurlansky

#Believe Quotes #Salad Quotes #Bitterness Quotes

“Today in coaching, it's a two-way street. They can fire you whenever they want. Bottom line: It's all about what you can do to better yourself professionally. This is a better move.”
“Hope, like faith, is a principle of action. It motivates and inspires. We do not sit in our armchairs and hope for hope; we get up and go to work.”
“Peter Conners stunning prose poems are packed with keen sensitivity, dreaminess, and wit. I love his time travels, the vibrant layering of image and detail. Try taking walks as you are reading this book- the dazzle of landscapes, inner and outer, feel replenished and rich. This is language and vision I want to come home to again and again.”
“My dad is a successful television producer, director and writer and my mom's a director and writer.”

Source : Interview with Lauren Brown, www.seventeen.com. January 28, 2011.
“Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we donâ€™t know why, and if we do find out why, itâ€™s decades later and knowing why doesnâ€™t matter any more.”

Source : Douglas Coupland (2008). “All Families are Psychotic”, p.51, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.”

Source : P. N. Elrod, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Charlaine Harris, L. A. Banks, Jim Butcher (2010). “My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding”, p.141, Macmillan
“My good opinion once lost is lost forever.”
“Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers.”

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