"it still astounds me, after forty years, that there is no good bread between Chicago and San Francisco."

-- Jane Smiley

#Food Quotes #Years Quotes #San Francisco Quotes

“I love football, football is my life.”
“Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing.”
“Watersheds come in families; nested levels of intimacy... As you work upstream toward home, you're more closely related. The big river is like your nation, a little out of hand. The lake is your cousin. The creek is your sister. The pond is her child. And, for better or worse, in sickness and in health, you're married to your sink.”
“What is at a peak is certain to decline. He who shows his hand will surely be defeated. He who can prevail in battle by taking advantage of his enemy's doubts is invincible.”
“If you're looking for someone who can beat the RAW divas, perhaps you should choose someone who's beaten every diva on RAW.”
“My definition of Blues is that it's a musical form which is very disciplined and structured coupled with a state of mind, and you can have either of those things but it's the two together that make it what it is. And you need to be a student for one, and a human being for the other, but those things alone don't do it.”
“Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.'”
“Your brain is not designed to make you happy. That's your job!”

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