Calvin Trillin Quotes

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

Calvin Trillin

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• Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.

  

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• I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.

  

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• I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.

  

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• I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.

  

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• Using lots of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables, helps to keep the menu buoyant - I don't know if that's the right word, but it keeps a balance of freshness and health.

  

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• There is always going to be a little bit of me in each character.

  

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• There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.

  

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• Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.

  

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• The federal government has gone too far on many nonessential regulations that are harming small businesses. Employers are rightly concerned about the costs of these regulations - so they stop hiring, stop spending, and start saving for a bill from the federal government.

  

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• I was a very rotund child with short hair, and for some reason, I always had black ballet shoes. I was like the Wednesday Addams of ballet.

  

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• I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.

  

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• I definitely prefer working in comedy over drama, but at the same time, when it comes to comedy, I tend to prefer comedies that have a great sense of truth to them and that come from an honest place.

  

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• There is no question that knowing someone in the business will get you in the door. But it is your skill that will keep you in the room.

  

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• Most of the time you're writing for radio, you're writing for a label, you're writing to stick a hit, and you end up coming out with something that isn't necessarily genuine.

  

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• The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

  

  Calvin Trillin
  • Family
  • Mother
  • Remarkable