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Sometimes the buzz of reading about others eating comes from the voyeuristic thrill of seeing how the other half lives: the gold leaf and truffles or - in the case of Trimalchio's feast in Petronius' 'Satyricon' - the dormice and honey.

Bee Wilson

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I ran for political office in the Hamptons once in a war I was having with the village. I came in, there were four people running, and I came in around third. It was over my food market - they arrested me. I just wanted to go for office because I thought it would be an interesting to do.

Jerry Della Femina

FoodWarPeopleMeThoughtVillage

I don't think there's any such thing as rock n' roll anymore - it's an amalgamation of business interests.

John Lydon

BusinessThinkRockRollAnyThing

People don't want to just make stuff. They want to make stuff with purpose.

Angela Ahrendts

PurposePeopleWantMakeJustStuff

The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost.

Michael Gerber

BusinessPeopleMatterRightCost

My parents didn't feel that they had any choice but to leave the Dominican Republic. They did, however, choose to become Americans, and they lived American values every day.

Tom Perez

DayParentsAmericanChooseChoice

The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind.

Tom Scholz

FreeMankindMarketBeenFree Market

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!

Mitch Hedberg

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Dickens writes such brilliant characters and stories, and his themes and social commentary are still so relevant. I think that's why he's still so loved today.

Douglas Booth

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It wasn't like I felt I was on a wave. It was just so easy. It is only afterwards that I thought I really had a bit of good luck going on there with Yazoo.

Alison Moyet

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Sometimes people get in position where they get in a big movie and overplay their hand. What that huge check does is put a target on an actor's back.

Wyck Godfrey

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I think acting is my destiny. I did my first film when I was just eight. However, I never took that role seriously.

Nithya Menen

DestinyThinkActingSeriouslyNever

We live in a society today where these children can be wanted children. Even if you don't want to keep this child after you've had it, there's plenty of young couples out there, that want children.

Norma McCorvey

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