A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words. – Samuel Butler (1835-1902), Note-Books
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What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
My chief gifts are – naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent. – Michael Sheen
Im not interested in trying to work on peoples perceptions. I am who I am, and if you dont take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem. – Jim Brown
Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on Top Chef, I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why its not working and why it would work if they did it a different way. – Padma Lakshmi
