Alice B. Toklas Quotes
There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown.
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I wonder, 'Why did I do that line that way?' And I also constantly think I'm fat and hate my teeth. But I've gotten better over the years. I've started to accept.
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I believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say.
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People think that just because you're a center, you're not as smart as the guards or the smaller guys.
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I don't quite jump for joy, but I am awfully glad to see him.
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Between 1963 and 1975, I worked very little. The Beatles had come to New York and changed music - all the solo singers were out of work.
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I've just seen that there is a really amazing perspective that we're missing by not having more women directing.
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Modeling is an incredible job for a girl if she approaches it with her head on her shoulders. You travel, you speak to people, and it opens your mind to different things.
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At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that was great that y'all did that tribute to Muddy Waters. I had a real good time.
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I love doing laundry! It's so satisfying. I love the way it smells. I love doing the sheets.
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I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless.
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I think there's good in everybody.
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I'm perfectly happy to eat organic food, but if I choose to pay more for it, I don't pat myself on the back ethically. Quite the reverse. I think I'm actually being quite greedy, because what I'm doing is essentially saying, 'I want more land to be devoted to growing my food.'
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The central problem in Syria is that Sunni Arabs will not be willing partners against the Islamic State unless we commit to protect them and the broader Syrian population against all enemies, not just ISIS.
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When they're good, I like working with new actors.
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Negative reviews seem to slide off Pia's back like discarded mink coats.
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I see myself as mom first. I'm so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me or fall apart around me and at least I wake up with my kids and I'm happy.
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The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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I am opposed to textbooks ... I find it hateful to give a course where I have to plough my way through chapter after chapter of a given book. The liveliness of the lecture, which is meant to give an impetus to the sudents, would suffer tremendously.
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With the increasing price levels, the farmers are benefiting. Dal, atta, vegetables have all become expensive. I am happy with this price rise. The more the prices rise the better it is for farmers.
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I love musicals and I'm happy they are coming back because I'd love to do more.
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There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown.
