Lin Yutang Quotes
The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.
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Aaron Patzer
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Neale Donald Walsch
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I find that most home cooks don't get vinegars. They're misunderstood, mostly due to the factory-made red wine vinegar that everyone commonly cooks with... that, and the giant gallon of white distilled vinegar that we all use, mostly to clean and disinfect things!
Andrew Zimmern
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If you're going to be transparent, you're going to have to let the music come that wants to come.
Kurt Elling
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What is the little one thinking about?
J. G. Holland
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The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.
Lin Yutang