"Ham's substantial, ham is fat. Ham is firm and sound. Ham's what God was getting at When He made pigs so round."

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Source : Roy Blount, Jr. (2016). “Save Room for Pie: Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations”, p.86, Macmillan

Roy Blount, Jr.

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“Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much.”

Source : Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gray, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, William Mason (1851). “The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds”, p.294
“The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.”
“Genghis Miliband roars up to the despatch box like a caged donkey.”
“Usually I work out the plot before I start. This time I thought: Writers always talk about not knowing where a book is going - -I want to experience that, too. What I found out is that it's very interesting, but it takes much longer because you have so many false starts. You take wrong turns and you have to go back and start the whole chapter, or the whole section, from scratch.”

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“Realist artists should join together in a worldwide effort... Sharing it with each other and teaching it - that is the key to the success and never-ending beauty and harmony of Realism.”
“Ludlow....is probably the loveliest town in England with its hill of Georgian houses ascending from the river Teme to the great tower of the cross-shaped church, rising behind a classic market building.”
“Slaying dragons, melting witches, and banishing demons is all fun and games until someone loses a sidekickâ€”then itâ€™s personal. The bad guy isnâ€™t just the â€œbad guyâ€ anymore, heâ€™s the BAD GUY!”
“Boredom is only for boring people with no imagination.”

Source : Tim Tharp (2008). “The Spectacular Now”, p.86, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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