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Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Cooking is eighty percent confidence, a skill best acquired..."

Cooking is eighty percent confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice.

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I try to believe everything I read in the newspapers, but I had difficulty with last week's account of the London vagrant who was found, after death, to be carrying 1,500 in small change in his socks. My reason for doubting the story is that I, too, like to carry small change in my socks, but I have found that with more that 15 or 20 worth it becomes impossible to walk. Auberon Waugh
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My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer. Anna Lee
Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn't touched. I was fascinated. It was as though a veil had been rent. I saw on that ivory face the expression of sombre pride, of ruthless power, of craven terror--of an intense and hopeless despair. Did he live his life again in every detail of desire, temptation, and surrender during that supreme moment of complete knowledge? He cried in a whisper at some image, at... Joseph Conrad
Daniel Webster quote: "On the diffusion of education among the people rest the..."
On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions. Daniel Webster
Fisher Stevens quote: "But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and..."
But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life. Fisher Stevens
Leo Tolstoy quote: "Music is the shorthand of emotion."
Music is the shorthand of emotion. Leo Tolstoy
Franz Kafka quote: "No one can crave what truly harms him."
No one can crave what truly harms him. Franz Kafka
How to please the public - that's the test,But nowadays I find I'm in a fix;I know they're not accustomed to the best,But they've all read so much they know the tricks.How can we give then something fresh and newThat's serious, but entertaining too? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I love being recognized, I love people liking me, I love the fact that people scream when I go out. I think I'll miss all that when it's taken away. Shahrukh Khan
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It seems like they never say anything bad about actors, they just pump them up. Casey Affleck
Paul Giamatti quote: "Sometimes, I think I may be more recognizable because I'm..."
Sometimes, I think I may be more recognizable because I'm character-looking. Paul Giamatti
To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides. Dennis Banks
It's certainly more interesting for me as an actor, but I think it's also more interesting for the audience to see three-dimensional characters, rather than just a bad guy or a good guy. Nicholas Lea
Ruud van Nistelrooy quote: "The real big stars only keep this up for about seven years."
The real big stars only keep this up for about seven years. Ruud van Nistelrooy
Frank Zappa quote: "One size does not fit all."
One size does not fit all. Frank Zappa