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I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I won't do anything unless I'm told why I'm doing it. So I felt that we needed fuller explanations so that if you followed one of those recipes, it should turn out exactly right. ↗

— Julia Child

#anything #books #doing #enough #exactly

I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country. ↗

— Julia Child

#came #country #dying #go #going

I don't need validation, recognition or praise. What I need are facts and the facts are that one of my books gets sold, somewhere in the world, every second. ↗

— Lee Child

#every #every second #facts #gets #i

Drugs were pretty easy to quit taking. I was never addicted to anything to begin with. But then, liquor - I had to wait about another six years before I finally got around to quitting that. I'm sure glad I did. ↗

— Alex Chilton

#addicted #another #anything #around #before

Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way. ↗

— Jacques Chirac

#better way #bulgaria #chances #could #diminish

To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams. ↗

— Giorgio de Chirico

#barriers #become #broken #childhood #common

I know I'm not a great singer. But I love to sing and I like to use my voice in different ways. ↗

— Melanie Chisholm

#different ways #great #i #i love #know

The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and folk art. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#art form #both #commodity #different #first

I... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character. ↗

— Catherine Keener

#cold #guys #had #i #interested

We're at this place where we're pushing the next stylistic envelope. ↗