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Quote by Samuel Johnson
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. – Samuel Johnson

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Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. – Samuel Johnson

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Writing
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Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. – Samuel Johnson

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A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food. – Joel Robuchon

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Food

You dont want flame to hit your food. Flame is bad. Flame does nasty things to food. It makes soot and it makes deposits of various chemicals that are not too good for us. The last thing you really want to see licking at your food while its on a grill is an actual flame. – Alton Brown

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Food

Strawberries are the angels of the earth — innocent and sweet with green leafy wings reaching heavenward. – Terri Guillemets

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Food

I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food more accessible to the regular person, who might be intimidated. I try hard, particularly with wine, to make it not intimidating. Its sort of a teaching job. – Ted Allen

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“They say” is often a great liar. – Proverb

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Please all, and you will please none. – Aesop

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We cant afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. Weve got to get it done. The future, the health, the life – our nation depends on it and its just foolish to think or act otherwise. – LeVar Burton

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When you dig another out of their troubles, you find a place to bury your own. – Author Unknown

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