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In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference. ↗

— Augusto Roa Bastos

#always #beings #collectively #compensates #decadence

The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing. ↗

— Augusto Roa Bastos

#being #change #come #continually #forgets

The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility. ↗

— Georges Bataille

#burdened #condition #crushes #deliberate #free

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us. ↗

— Georges Bataille

#alone #aspect #crime #elude #fact

Close your eyes and place your finger on a map. Wherever it lands, that's the theme of the evening. So many times we settle for routine dishes. This forces you to try new cuisines. ↗

— Mario Batali

#cuisines #dishes #evening #eyes #finger

If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now. ↗

— Mario Batali

#i do #kids #lean #listen #make

As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible. ↗

— Mario Batali

#cooks #could #each #eating #edible

All the information you could want is constantly streaming at you like a runaway truck - books, newspaper stories, Web sites, apps, how-to videos, this article you're reading, even entire magazines devoted to single subjects like charcuterie or wedding cakes or pickles. ↗

— Mario Batali

#books #cakes #constantly #could #devoted

As far away as you can get from the process of mechanisms and machinery, the more likely your food's going to taste good. And that - that is probably the largest thing I can hand to anybody is let your hands touch it. Let them make it. ↗

— Mario Batali

#away #far #far away #food #get

I am happiest when I am with my wife, Susi, and our two boys exploring and loving something for the first time. ↗

— Mario Batali

#exploring #first #first time #happiest #i