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Quote by Calvin Trillin
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. – Calvin Trillin

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We all know funny people who cant get it down on the page – even funny writers who cant get it down on the page. – Calvin Trillin

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funny
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I never did very well in math – I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadnt meant my answers literally. – Calvin Trillin

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Imagination
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With humor, its so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy. – Calvin Trillin

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Humor
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Cooking
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. – Italian Proverb

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Cooking

There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman making dinner for someone she loves. – Thomas Wolfe

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Cooking

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. – Harriet Van Horne, “Not for Jiffy Cooks,” Vogue magazine, 1956

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Cooking

I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock. – Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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Cooking

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Her name was called Lady Helena Herring and her age was 25 and she mated well with the earl. – Daisy Ashford

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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle. – David Herbert Lawrence

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Amazement awaits us at every corner. – James Broughton

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The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing second, the gratification of ones family and friends and lastly, the solid cash. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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