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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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Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another days progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper. – John Updike

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Morning
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We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. – John Updike

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Sanity
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The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education. – John Updike

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Education
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Other Quotes from
Food
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A lot of people think Japanese food is difficult, a lot of work. But you dont have to buy the knife I have. You dont have to train as long as I have. You can do my cooking in your kitchen. – Masaharu Morimoto

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Food

The most successful person is the one who is most inspired. That is true in food and in life. – Ron Ben-Israel

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Food

Food – I love nuts. I eat them all the time, theyre easy to carry around, and I am never hungry all day long. – Mehmet Oz

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Food

To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste. – Heston Blumenthal

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Food

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For me, London is and always will be home. – Clive Owen

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I dont think the government should be in the trailer-park business. I dont think they know how to run a trailer park. – Billy Graham

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You know for many elected officials they all started in the same place. You know marriage is between a man and a woman, but they understand that they are moving inevitably, catching up to the American public. – James McGreevey

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Marriage

The important thing is that we recognize our Presidents leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing. – Kay Bailey Hutchison

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Leadership