"Just because I am a chef doesn't mean I don't rely on fast recipes. Indeed, we all have moments when, pressed for time, we'll use a can of tuna and a tomato for a first course. It's a question of choosing the right recipes for the rest of the menu."

-- Jacques Pepin

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“Sarah Palin has admitted she tried ***** several years ago, but she did not like it. She said it distorted her perceptions, impaired her thinking, and she's hoping that the effects will eventually wear off.”
“When the ball was last seen crossing the roof of the stand in deep right field at 315 feet, we wonder whether new baseballs conversing together in the original package ever remark: "Join Ruth and see the world."”
“To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable.”
“I think that that Davis Cup final made me much stronger mentally. And this preseason, I was working really hard. So today, I was really believing in myself that I can win the match anyway, that I'm going to five sets. That's so important, no, believe in yourself.”
“What can I expect here? You know the fairy tale about the man who died, donâ€™t you? He was waiting in Eternity to find out what the Lord had decided to do with him. He waited and waited, for one year, ten years, a hundred years. He begged and pleaded for a decision. Finally he couldnâ€™t bear the waiting any longer. Then they said to him: â€˜What do you think youâ€™re waiting for? Youâ€™ve been in Hell for a long time already.”

Source : Anna Seghers (2013). “Transit”, p.186, New York Review of Books
“Americans ... attach such a fantastic importance to their baths and plumbing and gadgets of all sorts. They talk as if people could hardly be human beings without all that; we in Europe are beginning to wonder if people can be human beings with it ...”

Source : Ann Bridge (2013). “Singing Waters”, p.114, A&C Black
“Despite some remaining puzzles, there's no reason to doubt that Darwin had this point right, that all creatures on earth are biological relatives”
“I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.”

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