Anand Giridharadas Quotes
In America, where no one judged or supervised her, where my father was too busy eating her cooking to notice whether she was eating it, too, my mother found herself newly enchanted by the taste of food.
Anand Giridharadas
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Adam McKay
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Ophelia Lovibond
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A brand can have huge hype but still only be a tiny business.
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T. S. Eliot
I do love using keyboards and I love writing keyboard parts, but I am not a player in the true sense of the word.
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In America, where no one judged or supervised her, where my father was too busy eating her cooking to notice whether she was eating it, too, my mother found herself newly enchanted by the taste of food.
Anand Giridharadas