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M.F.K. Fisher has 70 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature.
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For me, a plain baked potato is the most delicious one....It is soothing and enough.
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In America we eat, collectively, with a glum urge for food to fill us. We are ignorant of flavour. We are as…
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There are may of us who cannot but feel dismal about the future of various cultures. Often it is hard not to…
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Probably no strychnine has sent as many husbands into their graves as mealtime scolding has, and nothing has driven more men into…
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Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden resentment and ennui and accompanied by psychosomatic…
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There is a communication of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk. And that is my answer…
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. . . gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or a hill…
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Or you can broil the meat, fry the onions, stew the garlic in the red wine...and ask me to supper. I'll not…
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I sat in the gradually chilling room, thinking of my whole past the way a drowning man is supposed to, and it…
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Painting, it is true, was undergoing a series of -isms reminiscent of the whims of a pregnant woman.
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It is easy to think of potatoes, and fortunately for men who have not much money it is easy to think of…
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What I find most upsetting about this new all-consuming beauty culture is that the obsession with good looks, and how you can…
— Julie Burchill
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I think I am upsetting the coach.
— Yao Ming
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You stop viewing yourself as being "pushed around" by the world when you realize that only you can "push" yourself. To quote…
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Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer.
— John Ruskin
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When I was younger I'd berate myself: You're fat, you're not a good dancer, you'll never have a boyfriend. I don't sweat…
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It is upsetting that many people don't seem to observe what's happening to the environment, what's happening in terms of global warming,…
— Joanne Woodward
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We are upsetting the atmosphere upon which all life depends. In the late 80s when I began to take climate change seriously,…
— David Suzuki
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Im extremely honest, and I pride myself on it. I dont try to be shocking. Im playful, and I know when something…
— Angelina Jolie
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You know, my hair is very upsetting to people, but it's upsetting on purpose. It is important to look old so that…
— Tyne Daly
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My photographs are a picture of the chaos in the world, and of my relationship to that chaos. My prints show the…
— Alfred Stieglitz
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I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just…
— Elizabeth Janeway
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Our black president can't say that he's for gay marriage. That is upsetting to me.
— Mario Cantone
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