"Many people eat salad dutifully because they feel……" — Laurie Colwin
"Many people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good."
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43 Quotes by Laurie Colwin
Laurie Colwin has 43 quotes on this site.
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On Saturday mornings I would walk to the Flavor Cup or Puerto Rico Importing coffee store to get my coffee.…
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When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally....
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I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to…
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A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.
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Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.
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The old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille.
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Fulfillment leaves an empty space where longing used to be.
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To feel safe and warm on a cold wet night, all you really need is soup.
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For the socially timid, the kitchen is the place to be. At least, it is a place to start.
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Once my jars were labeled, I felt contentedly thrilled with myself, as if I had pulled off a wonderful trick.…
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There is nothing like soup. It is by nature eccentric: no two are ever alike, unless of course you get…
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When life is hard and the day has been long, the ideal dinner is not four perfect courses, each in…
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The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College.
— Rod Taylor
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I don't think that much anymore in terms of 'write a record, record a record, tour a record,' because in…
— PJ Harvey
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Abortion sheds that innocent blood. Now, as a servant of the Lord, I dutifully warn those who advocate and practice…
— Russell M. Nelson
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Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the…
— Haruki Murakami
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If Big Brother (of Orwell's 1984) comes to America, he will not be a fearsome, foreboding figure with a heart-chilling,…
— Michael Parenti
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Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no…
— Ian Fleming
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The photographic enthusiast likes to lure us into a darkened room in order to display his slides on a silver…
— Ernst Gombrich
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My grandmother spoiled my father rotten, and he grew up expecting women to do whatever he wanted. When he married…
— Joan Collins
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There is a story, which is fairly well known, about when the missionaries came to Africa. They had the Bible…
— Unknown Author
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Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just…
— John Knowles
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