#ck

Beirut turned into a war zone in a matter of hours. We were stuck at home, the roads were blocked. ↗

— Nadine Labaki

#blocked #home #hours #into #matter

Start with a clean grill. Keep it clean by brushing with a wire brush after preheating, and again after cooking. Make sure to oil your grates and your food before putting it on the grill to keep it from sticking. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#again #before #brush #brushing #clean

I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#college #i #just #loans #lucky

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#monarchical #prerogatives #sick

There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#comeback #down #lose #nothing #out

I don't want to be known as the Aerosmith chick, but it's fun to put on the boots and makeup and act like a tough girl. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#aerosmith #boots #chick #fun #girl

I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#being #i #i always #interested #never

There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the one nation, new millionaires are minted every day. In the other, human beings no longer necessary to our economy, to our society, are being devalued and destroyed. ↗

— David Simon

#americas #being #beings #cultural #day

Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself. ↗

— Frank Langella

#come #larger #pitting #revelations #something

I can talk to my dad like he's my manager, and put 'Dad' on the back burner. We've been doing it since I was 13. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#been #burner #dad #doing #i