M. F. K. Fisher Quotes
In spite of my conviction that a group of deliberately assembled relatives can be one of the dullest, if not most dangerous, gatherings in the world, I am smugly foolhardly enough to have invited all my available family, more than once, to dine with me.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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Cum tot in hac anima populorum vita salusquependeat et tantus caput hoc sibi fecerit orbis,saevitia est voluisse mori.
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Power is actualized only when word and deed have not parted company.
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I love my family's music because I love it. It's good. I listen to the Winans all the time. I listen to BeBe and CeCe. I listen to Angie and Debbie. I listen to Uncle Daniel. I listen to Phase 2, my two brothers and my two cousins. I think they're incredible.
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In spite of my conviction that a group of deliberately assembled relatives can be one of the dullest, if not most dangerous, gatherings in the world, I am smugly foolhardly enough to have invited all my available family, more than once, to dine with me.
