"A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo's compliment and fishy as a chancellor's promise."

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Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Table Talk: Sweet And Sour, Salt and Bitter”, p.45, Hachette UK

A. A. Gill

#Promise Quotes #Lobster Quotes #Compliment Quotes

“I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment.”
“No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.”
“"Externality" is a different phenomenon from akrasia and doesn't always come with it. The set of desires and actions from which one feels alienated isn't always the same as the set of desires and actions of which one disapproves. It has been pointed out that you can disapprove of something inside yourself but still experience it as yours ("damn it, here I go again!"). In addition, you can approve of something inside yourself but feel like it's not yours ("when the emergency sirens went off, it was as if someone calmer and more reasonable took over and knew just what to do").”
“I am happy being able to play roles with people my age because once you do something really mature there is no turning back.”
“When youâ€™re in love, your brain secretes endorphins into your blood. Organic morphine leaks out of a gland in your skull, feels like a low-grade opium rush. Some people confuse the two, the head rush and the love. You think youâ€™re in love with a person, but youâ€™re in love with a syringe.”
“I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M.”
“You've been captive for so long that you don't even realize you want freedom anymore.”
“Women do not forget. Women do not forgive.”

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