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Of plants tomatoes seemed the most human, eager and fragile and pr

Of plants tomatoes seemed the most human, eager and fragile and prone to rot. – John Updike

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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. – John Updike

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For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities. – John Updike

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Body
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What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike

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The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small. – Woody Allen

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After failing four times and after working for other people and realizing that nobody paid attention to the food like they should have, we wanted to just pay attention to the food and service. – Paul Prudhomme

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Food

Confit is the ultimate comfort food, and trendy or not, it is dazzling stuff. – Sally Schneider

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Food

We created a line of pet food called Nutrish thats made to human standards, and 100 percent of the proceeds go to animal rescue. One of our top-tier donors is the ASPCA, and they help us challenge animal shelters all across the country to get more animals placed in homes. – Rachael Ray

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Random Quotes

When youre offered things, it makes it so much easier to be indecisive. And its silly because you can pass on some really amazing things. – Alicia Silverstone

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Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Id wear flip-flops and jeans. I guess thats not cool. – Bill Rancic

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cool

We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice – that is, until we have stopped saying It got lost, and say, I lost it. – Sydney J. Harris

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