"Unbuttered toast is a substance half complete, and to be forced to eat it in that state is necessarily to feel deprived."

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Source : John Thorne, Matt Lewis Thorne (2011). “Pot on the Fire: Further Confessions of a Renegade Cook”, p.140, Macmillan

John Thorne

#Substance Quotes #Half Quotes #States Quotes

“It's hard to carry a child around with you, but fortunately, in most cases, you don't have to ask a child for directions if you have a well-chosen role model ready to guide you. This is the next prescription: Take one role model, as often as needed. Set aside a few minutes today to fill this prescription so you will have it handy when you need it. Think now about who your role models have been. What do they offer? Who else do you admire, and exactly what do you admire about them? Have your roster of role models ready and waiting to help you the next time you are perplexed.”
“It's important to be yourself. What art does for everyone, helps you understand yourself and in a distilled way, whether it's a painting or a scene in acting or a joke. It distills something about everyday life that can be important to you.”

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“I go through a lot of bad stuff, because most of the stuff that's written is pretty bad. But occasionally something comes along that's good, and I want to do it.”
“William Hartnell was one of the great unsung character actors of his time”
“I'm into music for all different sorts of purposes.”
“Being and time determine each other reciprocally, but in such a manner that neither can the former - Being - be addressed as something temporal nor can the latter - time - be addressed as a being.”
“Take the gentle path.”
“The people we're related to are the ones we go to for comfort, support. We connect with kin when the rest of the world seems hostile. Within our family, we are free to be ourselves, to have bad mood days, say hurtful stuff, get it off our chests. We know we'll always be forgiven.”

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