Laurie Colwin Quotes
No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, and the wisdom of cookbook writers.
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Some people change when they think they're a star or something.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
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The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to necessarily prescribe to that, they'll write what they feel.
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I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.
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I think it's really important whilst you're a young actor to try as many new things as possible... to try and do something you haven't necessarily been seen doing before.
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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
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I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn't expect it to be a career because I didn't believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn't feel particularly lucky.
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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.
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Few things are as essential as education.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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I was this non-threatening funny guy who contrasted the image of the Brezhnevs and the Reagans of the world.
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Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.
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I like the slow Scandinavian pace. I don't need cliffhangers in every chapter because I don't want to make a Hollywood movie out of it.
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I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
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We have a great time on that show, and we enjoy one another's company on stage and off. And sitcoms don't have bad schedules. We started out working five days a week, but now we're down to three.
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In the past I would self destruct when it came to love - I was immature, throwing myself into things but now times have changed, I want a relationship where you understand the other person.
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it is discouraging to leave the past behind only to see it coming toward you like the thunderstorm which drenched you yesterday.
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No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, and the wisdom of cookbook writers.
