"Going to Europe as a budding cook opened……" — Frances Mayes

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• On daughter Apple's accent: She says Mummy instead of Mommy, I don't mind that. I will if she starts saying… — Gwyneth Paltrow
• A man taking basil from a woman will love her always. — Thomas More
• Basil Fawlty was an easy character for me. For some reason, portraying a mean uptight incompetent bully comes naturally to… — John Cleese
• And I did a movie called Basil with Jared Leto and Christian Slater. — Claire Forlani
• Basil..discovered a guild of abortionists, or sagae, that were doing a booming trade in Caesarea, and the surrounding environs. They… — Unknown Author
• Pounding fragrant things - particularly garlic, basil, parsley - is a tremendous antidote to depression. But it applies also to… — Unknown Author
• The repeat run of Fawlty Towers drew bigger audiences than ever and deservedly so. Statistical surveys reveal that only the… — Clive James
• I believe in the magic of preparation. You can make just about any foods taste wonderful by adding herbs and… — Jorge Cruise
• Virtues are in the middle, the royal way about which the saintly elder (Saint Basil the Great) said, "Travel on… — Dorotheus of Gaza
• Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all. — Oscar Wilde
• I think you are wrong, Basil, but I won't argue with you. It is only the intellectually lost who ever… — Oscar Wilde
• I have been right, Basil, haven’t I, to take my love out of poetry, and to find my wife in… — Oscar Wilde

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