John Lanchester Quotes

Hospitality is central to the restaurant business, yet it's a hard idea to define precisely. Mostly, it involves being nice to people and making them feel welcome. You notice it when it's there, and you particularly notice it when it isn't. A single significant lapse in this area can be your dominant impression of an entire meal.

John Lanchester

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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.

Gail Porter
- Want
- Down
- Mental Illness
It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the public to make up its own mind. We don't live in a priesthood where some small group imposes its views on other people - that's not the way that science works, and it's not the way a democratic society should work.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
- People
- Up
- Work
I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.

Karen Elson
You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.

Larry Hagman
- Up
- Dream
- Weird
I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.

Kate Moss
- You
- Never
- Look
I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.

Victoria Wood
- Know
- Car
- Everyone