Umberto Eco Quotes
I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of.
Umberto Eco
Quotes to Explore
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If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
Nathan Myhrvold
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The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of care: and then, to so much of the rest of life, is indifferent. Whereas, the European hasn't got so much care in him, so he cares much more for life and living.
D. H. Lawrence
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
Carly Fiorina
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The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
Larry Wall
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My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.
Waris Ahluwalia
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I wanted to go to college and play football.
Barry Larkin
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The great American food writer M. F. K. Fisher once wrote an essay called 'The Anatomy of a Recipe.' To have a good anatomy, in her view, a recipe should have a sense of logical progression. She despaired of recipes with 'anatomical faults,' where the reader is told to make a cake batter and only then to grease the loaf pans.
Bee Wilson
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'Celebrate' is meant to be a guide to party planning and, as such, it has to cover the basics. If I were to write a cookery book, for instance, I would be compelled to say that, to make an omelette, you have to break at least one egg. Actually, that's not a bad idea. Or maybe I should write a sequel and call it 'Bottoms Up?'
Pippa Middleton
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My art became very public.
Joey Skaggs
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Some guys are gym fighters, some guys are better in the ring.
Chuck Liddell
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There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
George Bernard Shaw
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I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of.
Umberto Eco
