#ran

The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#bad #being #did #down #eat

We closed the restaurant in New Orleans and brought the entire staff to San Francisco. But we had to go home. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#closed #entire #francisco #go #go home

You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#made #off #offends #played #record

Imagine people calling you to find out if you're dead. I've led a real crazy life at times, and I've had many strange things happen to me, but that was one of the strangest. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#crazy #crazy life #dead #find #had

I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#i #money #some #through #translations

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert? ↗

— Manuel Puig

#ancient #back #carry #could #country

I co-own the ranch with my brother, and he and his wife are really the backbone of the operation. ↗

— Bill Pullman

#brother #his #i #operation #ranch

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#backwards #come #curious #forward #grandparents

Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions. ↗

— Criss Jami

#being-yourself #clever #differences #everyone #funny

The site I landed on feels much more isolated than it really is; it's almost magical. Within its limited radius, there was a whole range of the local ecology. ↗

— Martin Puryear

#ecology #feels #i #isolated #landed