"I want a dish to taste good, rather than to have been seethed in pig's milk and served wrapped in a rhubarb leaf with grated thistle root."

-- Kingsley Amis

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“What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.”
“I never felt like I was anything special. I just feel like a very lucky guy.”
“Today is a day of remembrance that is heavy on my heart.”
“Routine is the one thing the can get you killed. It tells the enemy where you're going and when you're going to be there.”

Source : Anthony Horowitz (2006). “Stormbreaker”, p.187, Penguin
“When my parents died they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases; one being diabetes.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. November 4, 2002.
“My father probably taught me everything I know, aside from dialogue, which I think I get from my mom a lot more. He certainly didn't teach me everything he knew, but you know he has got this book out called "The Spooky Art," which is essentially an advanced book on writing and it's not... You know it's not ABC, but it's for people who feel that bug and know that they're writers and are willing to put in that time alone. Pretty much the vast majority of what he taught me you can find in that book.”
“The best friend a man can have is reading and writing, and the bad ones to avoid are Go and chess and flute and pipe.”
“This situation, where men rally to the defense of a doctrine they are unable to define scientifically, much less demonstrate with scientific rigor, attempting to maintain its credit with the public by the suppression of criticism and the elimination of difficulties, is abnormal and undesirable in science.”

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