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Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with a mere five pieces, you can do whatever you like - slay the dragon and then cook its tenderloin in the style of the duke of Wellington, if you want to. ↗

— Mario Batali

#cook #cookware #dragon #duke #five

The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were almost unknown. ↗

— Henry Walter Bates

#assassinations #dispositions #friendly #give #ill

When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans. ↗

— Mario Batali

#book #college #day #different #dirty

You have to be generous if you want to spend your time making someone else dinner. Even if you're charging, you're still giving. ↗

— Mario Batali

#dinner #else #even #generous #giving

I became an adult before I had a kid, which I highly recommend. I just like to throw her around. She's a really good snuggler, and she likes to give kisses and hugs. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#around #became #before #give #good

I only wanted to get married once, so when I felt I was ready to handle it, I looked at my relationships and noticed that boyfriends get tired of girlfriends, and vice versa, but you never get tired of your friends. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#friends #get #get married #girlfriends #handle

I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#because #been #best #bit #business

The comedy community is very friendly right now. I think that's why you see all the synergy and people doing each other's movies. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#community #doing #each #friendly #i

Will Arnett is one of the funniest guys I know. He has seen it all and done it all and come out the other end pretty savvy and pretty strong. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#done #end #funniest #guys #i

No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no such thing as knowing what the public wants. ↗

— Alan Bates

#follow #knowing #people #public #should