"My life has been sadly lacking in snails. I can't clearly remember any first-hand encounters. The best thing I can come up with is second-hand, a passage in Jacques PÃ©pin's autobiography (The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen) in which he describes prying snails from the terrace of his vacation home and cooking them up for dinner."

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Source : Source: keeperofthesnails.blogspot.com

Debra Hamel

#Home Quotes #Vacation Quotes #Hands Quotes

“The inevitability of gradualness.”

Source : Presidential address to annual conference of Labor Party, 26 June 1923
“Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will.”
“They [NYPD] tell you how you can act and what you can do your whole entire life. But they always stayed out of it. I did a little here and there for the police department as far as a crime scene that might have occult overtones - they would call me and I'd look into it. But it was usually minor little things.”
“We in the church have humility and contrition to offer the world, not a formula for success. Almost alone in our success-oriented society, we admit that we have failed, are failing, and always will fail.”
“Only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life.”
“I won't quit on a player who doesn't quit on himself.”
“You learn to rely on a few basic movements and use your voice to the greatest extent possible to convey your emotions. So there was a technical challenge there and a responsibility to create a character from behind the mask.”
“I'm always trying to do things that no one has ever seen before.”

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