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“I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.”

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Al Green, born on April 13, 1946, is an American soul singer. His musical career began in the 1960s and he became famous for his emotional voice and touching songs. Green's music style was deeply influenced by gospel music, and his works achieved great success in both soul and pop music. more

“It is precisely because no one needs soup, fish, meat, salad, cheese, and dessert at one meal that we so badly need to sit down to them from time to time. It was largesse that made us all; we were not created to fast forever... Enter here, therefore, as a sovereign remedy for the narrowness of our minds and the stinginess of our souls.”

Needs Mind Made Soul Forever Food Cooking Fishes Meat Meals Culinary Remedy Cheese Sovereign Soup Dessert Salad Largesse Stinginess

Author:Robert Farrar Capon

“It is said that for money you can have everything, but you cannot. You can buy food, but not appetite... fun, but not joy; acquaintances, but not friends; leisure, but not peace. You can have the husk of everything for money, but not the kernel.”

Said Joy Fun Food Cooking Culinary Appetite Leisure Acquaintance Kernel Not Friends

Author:Arne Garborg

“It scored right away with me by being the smooth, fine-grained sort, not the coarse flaky, dry-on-the-outside rubbish full of chunds of gut and gristle to testify to its authenticity.”

Food Fine Cooking Authenticity Dry Guts Culinary Smooth Rubbish Coarse

Author:Kingsley Amis

“It [Thanksgiving] was founded by the Puritans to give thanks for bein' preserved from the Indians, an' we keep it to give thanks we are preserved from the Puritans.”

Giving Food Thanks Culinary Puritan

Author:Finley Peter Dunne

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