"There is no good word for stomach; just……" — Nicholson Baker
"There is no good word for stomach; just as there is no good word for girlfriend. Stomach is to girlfriend as belly is to lover, and as abdomen is to consort, and as middle is to petite amie."
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59 Quotes by Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker has 59 quotes on this site.
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Spoon the sauce over the ice cream. It will harden. This is what you have been working for.
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Haven't you felt a peculiar sort of worry about the chair in your living room that no one sits in?
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I keep thinking I'll enjoy suspense novels, and sometimes I do. I've read about 20 Dick Francis novels.
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It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name…
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When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry.
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Shoes are the first adult machines we are given to master.
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In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark.
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I’ve always thought of myself as shy,
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You almost believe that you will never come to the end of a roll of tape; and when you do,…
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If you write every day, you're going to write a lot of things that aren't terribly good, but you're going…
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The question any novel is really trying to answer is, Is life worth living?
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Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply…
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More Abdomen Quotes
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The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.
— John Eric Erichsen
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Having made a sufficient opening to admit my finger into the abdomen, I passed it between the intestines to the…
— Astley Cooper
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I had a very bad torn groin, my abdomen right through my legs. I was finding it really hard to…
— Owen Hart
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There cannot always be fresh fields of conquest by the knife; there must be portions of the human frame that…
— John Eric Erichsen
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How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only…
— Fran Lebowitz
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Clear, crisp, refreshingly sensible, and as entertaining as it is enlightening, The Abs Diet will reward its readers handsomely. There…
— David L. Katz
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Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in Paris a young woman, tapping…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Feel the energy of your inner body. Immediately mental noise slows down or ceases. Feel it in your hands, your…
— Eckhart Tolle
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My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.
— Bruce Lee
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Krishnamacharya's personal practice was always with long deep breathing and mental focus. Observe the position of his head, the lower…
— A. G. Mohan
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Empires rise and fall like the abdomen of God. It's just the universe breathing.
— Wes Nisker
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I was determined to experience the birth, and I am so scared at the thought of having my abdomen cut…
— Heidi Klum
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