"The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor."

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Source : Edna Ferber (1963). “A Kind of Magic”

Edna Ferber

#Men Quotes #Flavor Quotes #Yeast Quotes

“My daughter wrote a book. She is a New York Times Bestselling Author. Fabulous. Couldn't be more proud. She also has no health insurance. A 401 K? Dream on! My daughter left her stable corporate job to be a writer without dental benefits or a savings account, a.k.a. my worst nightmare.”

Source : "Crazy Jewish Mother's Day with Kate Siegel and Kim Friedman". Interview with Penny Mann, www.amazonbookreview.com. April 18, 2016.
“I would love to see Wladimir Klitschko fight Antonio Tarver for many reasons. One is Tarver talks a lot; he would build up a big fight. And Tarver is coming off of a great victory. So I think he would be a good opponent.”
“Do you know how you tell real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own.”

Source : "Brad Pitt on Gay Marriage, Smoking Pot and 'Real Love'". Interview with Dotson Rader, parade.com. August 5, 2009.
“If you cut off your arm instead of going 'spurt, spurt, spurt' wouldn't it, like, go nuts? Or would it go with the beat of your heart?”
“Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.”
“A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate's permissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia.”
“Buy when most people, including experts, are pessimistic, and sell when they are actively optimistic,”
“I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked.”

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