Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Quotes

In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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• Delight
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• I've stopped reading about my books on the Internet because it's too hurtful.

  

  Barbara Park
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• I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Career
  • Suffering
  • Enjoy

• We've got to win them all and get help from other teams, but we are going to push until the end.

  

  Saku Koivu
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• When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.

  

  Lactantius
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• It took me years of attempts and failed drafts before I finally wrote the elegies I needed to write.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
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• See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
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• This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies.

  

  Ralph Nader
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• There's almost nothing you can't do with a cashew. Not only does it lend its nutty sweetness to savory dishes, it also gives desserts a deep richness.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • You
  • Deep
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• If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • Truth
  • True
  • Care

• We have plenty of technologies we could use to destroy the planet, and we don't. There's more love on this planet than hate; there's more creativity than destructive power.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Power
  • Creativity
  • Destroy

• Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.

  

  Edan Lepucki
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Wish

• I always have the impression that I write the same book.

  

  Patrick Modiano
  • Book
  • Write
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• Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the furniture it's practically part of the fabric now, what's become no more than a joke... and so on. It's just plain foolish, as well as comically arrogant, to ignore all this, to fail to do the most basic research.

  

  Iain Banks
  • Done
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• Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.

  

  Rachel Tucker
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  • New York
  • Living

• I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more.

  

  Patricia Hewitt
  • People
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• In Washington, D.C., in 2006, Democrats had long since given up on the war in Iraq in terms of any tangible political support for it. The new factor was the Republicans were beginning to give up as well, and they were truly challenging the strategy and the lack of success.

  

  Jack Keane
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• People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.

  

  Kate Moss
  • People
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• I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories.

  

  Zhang Yimou
  • Stories
  • Old
  • Functioning

• After some reflection I have decided that while I am the president of Ecuador, I will not attend any Summit of the Americas until it begins to make the decisions required.

  

  Rafael Correa
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• I agree with Scott Turow: A courtroom is inherently dramatic. You walk into court - it's like an ER, you know? Life and death is going on there. And it's moment-by-moment, and it's packed with energy. And even though you think you know what a witness is going to say, you can be wrong. Witnesses surprise you.

  

  Marcia Clark
  • Life
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  • Energy

• You're not born with certain skills; you have to acquire them.

  

  Ry Cooder Buena Vista Social Club
  • Skills
  • Acquire

• I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below.

  

  Daniel Boone
  • Looking
  • Delight
  • Summit

• Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one's voice.

  

  Joseph B. Wirthlin
  • Small
  • Food
  • Simple

• In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.

  

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
  • Food
  • Able
  • Delight