Kitchen Quotes - Page 5

• I wish we could treat our bodies as the place we live from, rather than regard it as a place to be worked on, as though it were a disagreeable old kitchen in need of renovation and update.

  Susie Orbach

  Wish, Needs, Body

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• ...despite all this, it is still hard to admit that there is no one more English than the Indian, no one more Indian than the English. There are still young white men who are angry about that; who will roll out at closing time into the poorly lit streets with a kitchen knife wrapped in a tight fist. But it makes an immigrant laugh to hear the fears of the nationalist, scared of infection, penetration, miscegenation, when this is small fry, peanuts, compared to what the immigrant fears - dissolution, disappearance.

  Zadie Smith

  Men, White Man, Knives

  Zadie Smith (2003). “White Teeth”, p.272, Vintage

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• I love to travel and to be inspired by new things, so everything is always new. I've never done the same bathroom or the same kitchen a second time. It's challenging, and I like to be challenged.

  Kelly Wearstler

  Challenges, Done, Bathroom

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• My temper manifests itself when I can't find something. I could swear that there is a plot against me to put kitchen utensils in the wrong drawers.

  Tom Conti

  Plot, Utensils, Drawers

  "This much I know: Tom Conti". Interview with Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2011.

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• I think that my love of cooking grew out of my love of reading about cooking. When I was a kid, we had a bookcase in the kitchen filled with cookbooks. I would eat all my meals reading about meals I could have been having.

  Samantha Bee

  Reading, Kids, Thinking

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• My two sisters and I sang all the time. Whenever we cleaned the kitchen, we sang in three-part harmony.

  Kina Grannis

  Two, Three, Harmony

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• Although, I admit, I desire, Occasionally, some backtalk From the mute sky, I can't honestly complain: A certain minor light may still Lean incandescent Out of kitchen table or chair As if a celestial burning took Possession of the most obtuse objects now and then --

  Sylvia Plath

  Light, Sky, Desire

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• As Isabel acted out her date, both of them laughing, I stayed in the kitchen, out of sight, and pretended she was telling me, too. And that, for once, I was part of this hidden language of laughter and silliness and girls that was, somehow, friendship.

  Sarah Dessen

  Girl, Laughter, Sight

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.71, Penguin

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• You have to admit he's good looking," Bree pressed, leaning against my kitchen counter. "Of course I admit it. I'm not blind," I said, busily opening cans.

  Cate Tiernan

  Blind, Looking Good, Said

  Cate Tiernan (2007). “Book of Shadows: Book One”, p.13, Penguin

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• Sounds like you kids have some talking to do. I'll be eavesdropping from the kitchen.

  Jill Shalvis

  Kids, Talking, Sound

  Jill Shalvis, Jacquie D'Alessandro, Jamie Sobrato (2008). “Heating Up the Holidays: All He Wants for Christmas...\My Grown-Up Christmas List\Up on the Housetop”, p.64, Harlequin

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• They found me at the kitchen table. Derek said, "There's something we need to tell you," and from the look on Andrew's face, I think he expected Derek to say he'd gotten me pregnant.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Thinking, Needs, Looks

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• Today the U.S. government can demand the nation-wide recall of defective softball bats, sneakers, stuffed animals, and foam-rubber toy cows. But it cannot order a meatpacking company to remove contaminated, potentially lethal ground beef from fast food kitchens and supermarket shelves.

  Eric Schlosser

  Softball, Animal, Government

  Eric Schlosser (2001). “Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal”, p.196, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I was making pancakes the other day and a fly flew into the kitchen. And that's when I realized that a spatula is a lot like a fly-swatter. And a crushed fly is a lot like a blueberry. And a roommate is a lot like a fly eater.

  Demetri Martin

  Funny, Im Sorry, Humor

  TV Series "Comedy Central Presents" ("Demetri Martin", 2004), www.imdb.com. (1998– ).

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• sometimes i'd wake up at two or three in the morning and not be able to fall asleep again. i'd get out of bed, go to the kitchen, and pour myself a whiskey. glass in hand, i'd look down at the darkened cemetary across teh way and the headlights of the cars on the road. the moments of time linking night and dawn were long and dark. if i could cry, it might make things easier. but what would i cry over? i was too self centered to cry for other people, too old to cry for myself.

  Haruki Murakami

  Morning, Fall, Dark

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Feb 13, 2012

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• The 1st day, I stood in the kitchen leaning against the counter watching Annie feed the cats, and I knew I wanted to do that forever.

  Nancy Garden

  Cat, Forever, Annie

  Nancy Garden (2017). “Annie on My Mind”, p.82, Open Road Media

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• Not crazy in a 'let's paint the kitchen bright red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwich, I am God' sort of way. Gone were the days when she would stand on the deck lighting lemon-scented candles without then having to eat the wax.p28

  Augusten Burroughs

  Crazy, Gone, Sandwiches

  Augusten Burroughs (2010). “Running with Scissors: A Memoir”, p.30, Macmillan

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• In the kitchens of love, after all, vice is like the pepper in a good sauce; it brings out the flavor, it’s indispensable.

  Louis-Ferdinand Celine

  Vices, Flavor, Sauce

  "Journey to the End of the Night". Book by Louis-Ferdinand Celine, 1932.

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• We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.

  Ethel Waters

  Mom, Tin Cans, Bigs

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• For me, relationships are the real action movies. Bombs are exploding every day and the kitchen is Ground Zero.

  Michelle Williams

  Zero, Real, Bombs

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• For my own children, I do want for them to look back and remember that it was me in the kitchen, that I was doing the packed lunches, that we were there on the school run, that we did take a bus. I want them to remember those things, because those are the things that I remember from my own childhood and that have been incredibly important to me.

  Kate Winslet

  Running, Children, School

  "Kate Winslet's Unusual Baby Name Revealed". Interview with Erin Hill, parade.com. December 23, 2013.

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• I read while the kids play. I can see them from the kitchen window. And I'm a fast reader.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Kids, Play, Window

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• I'm a terrible cook. I am not allowed to go in the kitchen anymore after I almost burned down the apartment in New York.

  Catherine Zeta-Jones

  New York, Terrible, Cooks

  Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. October 26, 2005.

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• I was like any new bride, who said, 'I'm going to cook for my man.' In fact, once I started a small kitchen fire in a pan. Smoke was pouring from the pan, and I got really scared. Right next to our stove is a small fire extinguisher. You know, easy access.

  Catherine Zeta-Jones

  Men, Fire, Next

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• Look at something like cooking. Now, you would hear a lot about smart kitchens and augmented kitchens. And what do those smart kitchens actually do? They police what's happening inside the kitchen. They have cameras that distinguish ingredients one from each other and that tell you that shouldn't mix this ingredient with another ingredient.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Smart, Cooking, Police

  "Op-Ed: There's An App For Everything, And That's A Problem". Interview with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. March 4, 2013.

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• If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.

  Hanna Rosin

  Quilts, Men, Pipe

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