#liz

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

When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power. ↗

— Julia Child

#anything #baking #cake #cakes #egg

We know we need civilization and laws and procedures, but isn't it frustrating? Wouldn't it be great if we could just do what we needed to do? ↗

— Lee Child

#could #frustrating #great #just #know

If our language, our programs, our creations are not strongly present in the new media, the young generation of our country will be economically and culturally marginalized. ↗

— Jacques Chirac

#creations #culturally #economically #generation #language

Snooki is really beautiful and looks quite like Elizabeth Taylor in 'Cleopatra.' She has the same bone structure. I'm kind of obsessed with 'Jersey Shore.' People don't give them enough credit for how entertaining they are. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#bone #cleopatra #credit #elizabeth #elizabeth taylor

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#how #just #looking #love #much

A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#destroyed #gods #only

Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI. They realized they couldn't beat us. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#edge #over #probably #pushed #realized

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#blues #gone #guys #honorable #i

Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher? ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#browning #could #elizabeth #long #music