Bee Wilson Quotes

In theory, food writing is an aid or a prelude to actual meals: you read a recipe, and then you cook. In practice - in a 'paradox' that Michael Pollan, among others, has identified - our current gastronomic fantasies, particularly on TV, have coincided with a decline in home cooking.

Bee Wilson

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On my return to Cornwall I discovered that I was living in a tropical paradise. For now I am content to explore my own home and our nearest neighbour France.

John Dyer

HomeI AmParadiseLivingMy Own

I try to cope by doing what I do, what I find purpose and joy in. For me, that has been writing and playing ball. It doesn't make the pain go away, but what else can I do?

John Edgar Wideman

PurposePainJoyMeWritingDoing

People can transcend and overcome their differences and be very easily bonded.

Jeff Fortenberry

PeopleDifferencesOvercomeTranscend

If we're really writing, we are exploring the unnamed emotional facets of the human heart. Not all emotions, not all states of mind have been named. Nor are all the names we have been given always accurate.

Ron Carlson

CoffeeAppreciationMeI Have Learned

I love it when celebrities fall apart.

Moby

LoveFallApartI LoveCelebrities

I grew up playing sports, so I think of what it would be like to be in the NBA if you were a great player when Michael Jordan was playing. You could've been a phenomenal player, but you're in the Jordan era. That's the unfortunate thing about the competitive nature of entertainment. But we know what we signed up for.

Joshua Henry

NatureSportsGreatThinkYouKnow

I enjoy politics, but if I had a third career - and I've had multiple careers - my third act would be acting.

Donna Brazile

PoliticsEnjoyCareerActingAct

The thing you have to understand is that there are only so many things you can do in a year. There are only so many days in a year. There is only so much time you can set aside for certain projects.

Corey Feldman

TimeYearYouUnderstandDaysOnly

What I really think about Banksy is I think he's a genius; he's a great artist, and I like his stuff. But he's got to accept it if, from time to time, someone will need to paint over his work.

Boris Johnson

WorkGreatTimeThinkGeniusArtist

Then when I was in grammar school I played the clarinet, and then, after clarinet I played the flute in college orchestra - besides singing in the college chorus and things like that.

Bobby McFerrin

SchoolCollegeSingingGrammarLike

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

Bryant H. McGill

SimplePolitenessBringSocialEven

I discovered when I was young that I was not like everyone else, and that was great, because it's the people who are different who bring about change and new things.

Paulina Porizkova

ChangeGreatNew ThingsPeopleYoung

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