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25959 About quotes by 10346 unique authors
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I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not living.
— Alain de Botton
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What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married.
— Alain de Botton
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I know a lot about writing, but I don't know much about how other industries work. I've tried to use my naivety to my advantage.
— Alain de Botton
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Basically, what I'm saying is there is nothing fake about what I do. I'm up-front, I'm real, I'm honest and I'm open with my feelings.
— Christina Aguilera
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It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with…
— Christina Aguilera
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Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or…
— Anthony Bourdain
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The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as…
— Anthony Bourdain
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When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more really, really good…
— Anthony Bourdain
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To the extent I am known, I think I am known as a person who expresses his opinion freely about things - and I was…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.
— Anthony Bourdain
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It would be an egregious mistake to ever refer to me in the same breath as most of the people I write about.
— Anthony Bourdain
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You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.
— Anthony Bourdain
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You can call me the bad boy chef all you want. I'm not going to freak out about it. I'm not that bad. I'm certainly…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I'm very proud of the Rome episode of 'No Reservations' because it violated all the conventional wisdom about making television. You're never, ever supposed to…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I've seen zero evidence of any nation on Earth other than Mexico even remotely having the slightest clue what Mexican food is about or even…
— Anthony Bourdain
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Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as it gets. It celebrates a…
— Anthony Bourdain
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What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies are in next season, that's…
— Anthony Bourdain
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It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often…
— James Bovard
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It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden…
— James Bovard
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The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.
— James Bovard
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As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I've got…
— David Bowie
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When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.
— David Bowie
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I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in…
— David Bowie
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The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to…
— David Bowie
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