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Lifestyle Quotes
"It doesn't take money to turn off the television and cultivate real bonding time."
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"Add value too your time, chill out with good people."
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"Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, running-that's the way to live. All alone and free in the soft sands of the beach by the sigh of the sea out there, with the Ma-Wink fallopian virgin warm stars reflecting on the outer channel fluid belly waters. And if your cans are redhot and you can't hold them in your hands, just use good old railroad gloves, that's all."
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"Life is all about doing what you feel is best for you."
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"Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?"
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"Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself."
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"Loneliness is the ultimate poverty."
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"Alcohol does not solve problems but becomes a problem in itself."
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"As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving."
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"On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead."
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"On gray days, when it's snowing or raining, I think you should be able to call up a judge and take an oath that you'll just read a good book all day, and he'd allow you to stay home."
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"Roz to Amelia (the house ghost): How considerate of you, after trying to kill me, to see that I don't catch a cold."
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"Talking to Rhett was comparable only to one thing, the feeling of ease and comfort afforded by a pair of old slippers after dancing in a pair too tight."
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"I would say that I'm a feminist theorist before I'm a queer theorist or a gay and lesbian theorist."
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"He toasted his bacon on a fork and caught the drops of fat on his bread; then he put the rasher on his thick slice of bread, and cut off chunks with a clasp-knife, poured his tea into his saucer, and was happy."
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"I think cooking is really key because it's the only way you're going to take back control of your diet from the corporations who want to cook for us. The fact is, so far, corporations don't cook that well. They tend to use too much salt, fat, and sugar - much more than you would ever use at home."
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"I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry."
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"Isn't it true that a pleasant house makes winter more poetic, and doesn't winter add to the poetry of a house?"
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"Stay positive. Be kind. Love your family. Set goals. Be humble. Respect all. Laugh loudly. Be honest. Do your best. Stay focused. Practice gratitude."
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"Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed."
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"Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream.Inside, the fireplace is brightly lit, and the Yule log crackles with orange and crimson sparks.There's a steaming mug in your hands, warming your fingers.There's a friend seated across from you in the cozy chair, warming your heart.There is mystery unfolding."
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"Cooking wasn't so bad, I thought. In fact, it was a lot like sex. Sometimes it didn't seem like such a good idea in the beginning, but then after you got into it."
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"Living simply makes loving simple."
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"They say the best things in life are free, and they are if you can afford them."
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"The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine."
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"If she was going to remain an engaged lady, then she would make the most of it, and one of the ways to do this would be to enjoy her free time."
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"But I preferred reading the American landscape as we went along. Every bump, rise, and stretch in it mystified my longing."
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"There is no such thing as a good call at 7 AM. It's been my experience that all calls between the hours of 11 PM and 9 AM are disaster calls."
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"I don't look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee, and read what I've achieved, or not achieved, the previous day. Then I take a shower and work on my next sentence until 1 P.M. After I've done emails and so on, I write again from 3 P.M. until 8 P.M.; then I socialise."
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"If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters."
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"The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced."
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"Once I got home, though, and saw several packages on my front porch, all the crap from the day disappeared. A few had smiley faces on them. Squealing, I grabbed the boxes. Books were inside-- new release books I'd preordered weeks ago."
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"Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting."
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"I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog biscuits and go upstairs. By the time I've consumed my Diet Coke and had a quick run through the morning email and Twitter feed, I will probably be compos mentis enough to work."
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"In New York I'd go to the movies three or four times a week. Here I've upped it to six or seven, mainly because I'm too lazy to do anything else. Fortunately, going to the movies seems to suddenly qualify as an intellectual accomplishment, on a par with reading a book or devoting time to serious thought. It's not that the movies have gotten any more strenuous, it's just that a lot of people are as lazy as I am, and together we've agreed to lower the bar."
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"I will never, ever drink whiskey again. From now on, it's strictly sherry."
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"I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations."
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