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• What about desserts?" I asked. "If the world comes to an end, I'm going to want cookies." "We're all going to want cookies if the world comes to an end," Mrs. Nesbitt agreed. "And chips and pretzels. If the world is coming to an end, why should I care about my blood pressure?" "Okay, we'll die fat," Mom said.

  Susan Beth Pfeffer

  Mom, Blood, Cookies

  Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.34, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Well my chocolate is so good I could sell it in an obnoxious prism shape.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Chocolate, Shapes, Prisms

  Twitter post from Sep 26, 2013

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• Don't cry over spilt milk.

  Aesop

  Regret, Dessert First, Milk

  "The Milkmaid and Her Pail". Fable by Aesop published in "Aesop's Fables For Children", 1919.

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• I don't think I've ever seen pie advertised. That's how you know it's good. They advertise ice cream and other desserts. They advertise the bejeeezus out of yogurt, but I haven't seen one pie commercial.

  Adam Carolla

  Thinking, Pie, Ice Cream

  "Q & A With Adam Carolla: His Sledgehammer Wine, Jimmy Kimmel's Pizza Oven, "Mangria" + Where to Eat Pie". Interview with Elina Shatkin, www.laweekly.com. February 8, 2011.

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• Between "just desserts" and "tragic irony" we are given quite a lot of scope for our particular talent. Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go when things have got about as bad as they reasonably get.

  Tom Stoppard

  Gone, Irony, Talent

  "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead". Book by Tom Stoppard, www.goodreads.com. 1966.

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• More like a chocolate molten lava cake. A dessert so sinful, so luscious, so filled with inner heat it made a girl want to lick each and every crumb right off the plate. That was Jack Pallas.

  Julie James

  Girl, Cake, Chocolate

  Julie James (2010). “Something About You”, p.125, Penguin

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• A body without wine is like a dessert without sugar. A pale woman can only be coloured with lipstick and rouge, and a pale man can only be coloured with wine!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Wine, Men, Body

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• When we think of classic American desserts, we tend to imagine apple pie and ice cream. However, the most classic American dessert of all might be the chocolate chip cookie.

  Homaro Cantu

  Thinking, Ice, Apples

  "Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Made Tableside" by Homaro Cantu, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 4, 2013.

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• The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him is aristocracy.

  Emily Dickinson

  Spring, Food, Animal

  "The pedigree of honey" l.1 (ca. 1884)

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• If you take a scotch whiskey and distill out the alcohol, what is left has an amazing taste to it and can be used as a flavoring for a dessert.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Scotch, Alcohol, Taste

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I'll do almost anything for cake - even trample little children!

  Gayle King

  Children, Cake, Littles

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• What is it with you and frozen desserts Why do you always want them?" "Because we live in a dessert.

  Richelle Mead

  Frozen, Want

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.241, Penguin

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• I love dessert. All kinds. But there's something about ice cream that makes me happy. I am drawn to its simplicity. I am perplexed by the endless supply of constantly growing flavor options. And I am always in the mood for sprinkles and a sugar cone.

  Rachel Nichols

  Ice Cream, Simplicity, Flavor

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• My secret indulgent food is dessert. I have an incredible sweet tooth - chocolate pudding with vanilla ice-cream or trifle and pavlova. I do love dessert.

  Deborra-Lee Furness

  Sweet, Ice Cream, Chocolate

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Time-wasting activities are the dessert. Oftentimes discoveries are made through the back door.

  Jean Wilson

  Discovery, Doors, Wasting Time

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• Whether I'm on the road or off the road it's really important for me mentally and physically. Physically, when I'm on the road, I work with men that love to eat - I work with former athletes, with men who love to indulge on the road, so I eat like a guy. I have four appetizers, I try their entrees, I eat mine, I like dessert. So I have to make sure that physically, I try to stay in shape. I'm always doing some sort of a workout, and then mentally it just helps a lot with the stress.

  Erin Andrews

  Workout, Stress, Athlete

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Fruits each in its season, are the cheapest, most elegant and wholesome dessert you can offer your family or friends, at luncheon or tea. Pastry and plum-pudding should be prohibited by law, from the beginning of June until the end of September.

  Mary Virginia Terhune

  Law, June, Tea

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• You just don't notice the time of your own metamorphosis. Until you do. Every once in a while time dissolves and you remember what you liked as a kid. You jump on your hotel bed, order dessert first, decide to put every piece of jewelry you own on your body and leave the house. Why? Because you can. Because you're the boss. Because... Ooooh. Shiny.

  Sloane Crosley

  Growing Up, Kids, Dessert First

  FaceBook post by Sloane Crosley from Nov 15, 2014

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• I think cookies are sort of the unsung sweet, you know? They're incredibly popular. But everybody thinks of cakes and pies and fancier desserts before they think cookies. A plate of cookies is a great way to end dinner and really nice to share at the holidays.

  Bobby Flay

  Sweet, Nice, Holiday

  "Celebrity Chefs' Christmas Treats & Traditions". Good Housekeeping Interview, www.goodhousekeeping.com. November 8, 2010.

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• White grapes are very attractive but when it comes to dessert people generally like cake with icing.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Food, Cake, White

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.126, Vintage

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• A good bachelor drinks his dessert (and sometimes the rest of his meals). A sweet tooth is a danger signal that you're getting too much exercise and not enough cocktails.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Sweet, Exercise, Cocktails

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig”, p.59, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I created the peplum so you can eat in it. You can have a dessert, you can have another sandwich.

  Alber Elbaz

  Sandwiches

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• I adore summer entertaining. For a dinner party at the farm, I might prepare homemade fettuccine with porcini mushrooms, soft-shell crabs, spinach from the garden, and lemon tarts with fraises des bois for dessert.

  Martha Stewart

  Summer, Party, Garden

  "My List: Martha Stewart". Interview with Emily Cronin, www.harpersbazaar.com. July 11, 2013.

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• My perfect last meal would be: shrimp cocktail, lasagna, steak, creamed spinach, salad with bleu cheese dressing, onion rings, garlic bread, and a dessert of strawberry shortcake.

  Joan Rivers

  Perfect, Meals, Would Be

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• I might believe I had unusual talent if I did not know what good music was; I might enjoy half an hour's practice a day if I were busy and happy the rest of the time. You do not know what life means when all the difficulties are removed! I am simply smothered and sickened with advantages. It is like eating a sweet dessert the first thing in the morning.

  Jane Addams

  Sweet, Morning, Believe

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