"Physically it's exhausting to cook every night. Existentially……" — Julie Powell
"Physically it's exhausting to cook every night. Existentially speaking, I have so much more energy having that time to myself in this project, this gift to myself at the end of the day. Even if it didn't go smoothly, it was still a gift."
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17 Quotes by Julie Powell
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If there's a sexier sound on this planet than the person you're in love with cooing over the crepes you…
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It's sad, but a relief as well, to know that two things so closely bound together can separate with so…
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Doors are going to open-doors you can't even imagine exist.
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Nowadays anyone with a crap laptop and an Internet connection can sound their barbaric yawp, whatever it may be.
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The nice thing about having a friend who is crazier than you are is that she bolsters your belief in…
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So the end may be a long time coming, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a way of sneaking…
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Two years ago, I was a twenty-nine year old secretary. Now I am a thirty-one year old writer. I get…
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But hard bitten cynicism leaves one feeling peevish, and too much of it can do lasting damage to your heart.
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There are times with your friends when you just have to put their whole mess out of your mind for…
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Sometimes, if you want to be happy, you've got to run away to Bath and marry a punk rocker. Sometimes…
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The road to hell is paved with leeks and potatoes
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There, I was just a secretary-shaped confederation of atoms, fighting the inevitability of mediocrity and decay. But here, in the…
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I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point…
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