Crescent Dragonwagon Quotes

I always have this sense of food as triangular, in that one point is nourishment, one point is connection, and one point is pleasure, and I always come at it from the pleasure and connection points, and the nourishment follows.

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• When you grow up without it, you want to have it. It's funny, in America some people say, 'Why do you want to make money so much?' And I say, 'Well, I guess you didn't starve as a kid.'

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • People
  • Up
  • Money

• Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • World
  • You
  • Eyes

• I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Question
  • Wish
  • Tired

• The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself.

  

  Nancy Friday
  • Mother
  • Myself
  • See

• I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.

  

  Faith Ford
  • Think
  • Comedy
  • Things

• I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • Men
  • Military
  • Animals

• All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

  

  Edmund Wilson
  • Hollywood
  • Corrupts

• I shampoo every other day and only do the roots. I can't shampoo all the way down to the end, because it will dry my hair out. I use a mask multiple times a week to restore moisture.

  

  Zendaya
  • Day
  • Hair
  • End

• The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.

  

  Caitlin Stasey
  • Feel
  • Body
  • Look

• But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.

  

  Rafael Palmeiro
  • History
  • Think
  • Know

• There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.

  

  Natalie Imbruglia
  • Time
  • Think
  • Top

• Let it be known: I am a free agent. I'm operating as an independent label. I do not have corporate sponsors. I don't have no corporate backing. I don't have no major distribution.

  

  T.I.
  • Independent
  • Agent
  • Sponsors

• I'm scared of any fighter I've ever fought because they are some dangerous people to be dealing with. That's also where the anxiety comes from.

  

  Nate Diaz
  • People
  • Anxiety
  • Scared

• I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Life
  • Know
  • Humanity

• Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was off making something blow up and filming it, or making a mould of my sister's head using alginating plaster.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Sports

• I think there's a part of a woman that wants to be the thing that breaks a man down.

  

  Dakota Johnson
  • Think
  • Man
  • Woman

• I want my weekends off and I want to put my kids to bed. Those are good reasons to want to be in 'Batman 2'.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Good
  • Kids
  • Want

• Practically every smartphone, tablet, and laptop is fabricated in a Chinese factory, even if they are designed here.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Chinese
  • Factory
  • Laptop

• But I did have two months off between Loser and the start of Prozac Nation. So, it was supposed to be Jason time, right? My time to enjoy myself away from movies.

  

  Jason Biggs
  • Time

• For man to become successful, for man to establish himself as the ruler of the planet, it was necessary for him to use his brain as something more than a device to make the daily routine of getting food and evading enemies a little more efficient. Man had to learn to control his environment.'

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • Food
  • Control
  • Environment

• Healthy people eating healthy food should never need to take an antibiotic.

  

  Joel Fuhrman
  • People
  • Food

• What is this drive to be thinner, prettier, better dressed, other? Who exactly is this other and what does she look like beyond the jacket she's wearing or the food she's not eating? What might we be doing, thinking, feeling about if we didn't think about body image, ever?

  

  Caroline Knapp
  • Thinking
  • She
  • Feeling

• I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.

  

  Waylon Jennings
  • Love
  • Business
  • Respect

• I always have this sense of food as triangular, in that one point is nourishment, one point is connection, and one point is pleasure, and I always come at it from the pleasure and connection points, and the nourishment follows.

  

  Crescent Dragonwagon
  • Food
  • Connection