Alice Waters Quotes

I really appreciate the many neighbourhoods of Berkeley. There is still the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. And it has the University of California, which is the greatest gift, to my mind, to be close to it. It keeps the place alive.

Alice Waters

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: chef
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 28, 1944

Topics

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I wanted to write songs about other people because I was sick of myself, basically. I didn't like myself very much. 'Ghostwriting' became an outlet for that. And then I could get back to get Jens Lekman again.

Jens Lekman

MyselfPeopleSickBackWriteGet

I couldn't have found a better man than Brad. He still opens doors for me and brings me flowers. He's the sweetest goofball on the planet.

Jennifer Aniston

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Citizenship must be precious, not handed out like candy in a parade. We don't ride along and throw out citizenship like you do M&M's or Tootsie Rolls or whatever it is we're tossing out in our parades.

Steve King

RideCitizenshipYouCandyWhatever

Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.

Stephen R. George

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Workers all too frequently have been taking it on the chin. They're working hard and falling behind, all too frequently.

Tom Perez

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It was funny actually because that was still during the time we were dating. He would get all these calls because supposedly before we broke up, we had already broken up in the trades, in the rags or whatever.

Rosario Dawson

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Here in America, we don't let our differences tear us apart. Not here. Because we know that our greatness comes from when we appreciate each other's strengths, when we learn from each other, when we lean on each other, because in this country, it's never been each person for themselves. No, we're all in this together. We always have been.

Michelle Obama

TogetherGreatnessAppreciateLearn

Companies lose some of their best employees when people are beaten down; then they overpromote junior people because they can't persuade outsiders to sign on.

Mindy Grossman

BestPeopleEmployeesLoseDown

We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature; nature has to be outside, because we're inside. God forbid something like a cockroach comes inside, or some dust.

Diane Ackerman

NatureGodBuildTryMoreOutside

But I think that I'm just a normal girl, you know.

Donna Summer

GirlThinkYouKnowNormalJust

I'm a hard worker and I really give to my fans through my shows.

Christina Aguilera

HardThroughFansGiveShowsReally

We're really spoiled on 'Mad Men.' Lots of television actors use the down season to go out and get creatively fulfilled, but I feel the opposite. Anything else I get to do is just icing.

Christina Hendricks

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