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• During the Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have time to sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressing problems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

  Bill Maher

  Gratitude, Book, Fighting

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• The influence of coffee in stimulating the genital organs is notorious.

  John Harvey Kellogg

  Influence, Notorious, Organs

  John Harvey Kellogg (1881). “Plain Facts for Old and Young”

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• You did it! Congratulations! World's best cup of coffee! Great job, everybody! It's great to be here.

  Will Ferrell

  Jobs, Congratulations, World

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• Let no man grumble when his friends fall off, As they will do like leaves at the first breeze; When your affairs come round, one way or t'other, Go to the coffee house, and take another.

  Lord Byron

  Fall, Men, House

  Lord Byron (2015). “Don Juan”, p.429, Xist Publishing

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• It’s just like when you’ve got some coffee that’s too black, which means it’s too strong. What you do? You integrate it with cream; you make it weak. If you pour too much cream in, you won’t even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It used to wake you up, now it’ll put you to sleep.

  Malcolm X

  Strong, Sleep, Mean

  Malcolm X's Speech at the Northern Negro Grass Roots Leadership Conference in Detroit, Michigan, teachingamericanhistory.org. November 10, 1963.

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• The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it.

  Jonathan Swift

  Life Is, Drink, Easy

  Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift (1766). “Letters Written By The Late Jonathan Swift, D. D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; And Several Of His Friends: From The Year 1703 To 1740”, p.297

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• I judge a restaurant by the bread & the coffee.

  Burt Lancaster

  Judging, Bread, Restaurants

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• Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?

  Steven Wright

  Comedy, Break, Employee

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• Democracy is not an instant coffee.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Democracy, Instant Coffee, Instant

  "Mohamed ElBaradei: What I've Learned" by John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. January 31, 2011.

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• They pondered the importance of coffee in silence.

  Henning Mankell

  Silence, Importance

  Henning Mankell (2013). “One Step Behind: A Kurt Wallander Mystery”, p.245, The New Press

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• Only one thing is certian about coffee.... Wherever it is grown, sold, brewed, and consumed, there will be lively controversy, strong opinions, and good conversation.

  Mark Pendergrast

  Strong, Opinion, Conversation

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• My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee.

  Aaron Levie

  Hands, Black, Would Be

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• Coffee in England is just toasted milk.

  Christopher Fry

  Espresso, Milk, England

  New York Post, November 29, 1962.

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• Every morning, after a few sips of coffee and a bit of small talk, each of us retreats with our books, and travels centuries away from this place.

  Yxta Maya Murray

  Morning, Book, Retreat

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• I don't know where my ideas come from. I will admit, however, that one key ingredient is caffeine. I get a couple cups of coffee into me and weird things just start to happen.

  Gary Larson

  Couple, Keys, Ideas

  Gary Larson (1989). “The PreHistory of the Far side: a 10th anniversary exhibit”, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• The average American's simplest and commonest form of breakfast consists of coffee and beefsteak.

  Mark Twain

  Average, Breakfast, Form

  Mark Twain (2004). “Mark Twain’s Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race”, p.63, Univ of California Press

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• Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.

  Edward Abbey

  Running, Second Chance, Espresso

  "Down the River". Book by Edward Abbey, 1982.

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• People don't realize how much of this stuff you get by the end of the day. High blood pressure is from all this high-fat eating. Do you know how many calories are in butter and cheese and ice cream? Would you get your dog up in the morning for a cup of coffee and a donut? Probably millions of Americans got up this morning with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a donut. No wonder they are sick and fouled up.

  Jack LaLanne

  Dog, Morning, Ice Cream

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• If you don't drink coffee, I am suspicious of your character and will not invite you to my Italian lake home.

  George Clooney

  Home, Character, Italian

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• Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.

  Earl Wilson

  Communication, Office, May

  "Fostering global discourse: it's time to embrace distance learning" by Kit Jones, www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2012.

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• I get a couple cups of coffee into me and weird things just start to happen.

  Gary Larson

  Couple, Cups, Weird Things

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• It is disgusting to note the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects and the amount of money that goes out of the country in consequence. Everybody is using coffee. If possible, this must be prevented. My people must drink beer.

  Frederick The Great

  Country, Food, Beer

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• I bought an espresso maker and coffee maker and make them myself every day.

  Utada Hikaru

  Espresso, Makers

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• My parents both had Oxford degrees, they read important books, spoke foreign languages, drank real coffee and went to museums for pleasure. People like that don't have fat kids: they were cut out to be winners and winners don't have children who are overweight.

  Arabella Weir

  Children, Real, Book

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• I drank coffee and read old books and waited for the year to end.

  Richard Brautigan

  Book, Years, Ends

  Richard Brautigan (1989). “Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America, The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, and In Watermelon Sugar”, p.38, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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