“When I got the job on 'Lost,' I was a broke university student living in the crappiest part of town, with a duct-taped back window on a broken-down car. I existed on peanut butter and tea.” JobsLostCarStudentsBrokenWindowTownsUniversityTeaBrokePeanutsPeanut ButterBroken DownUniversity Students Author:Evangeline Lilly
“Often, we try to repair broken things in such a way as to conceal the repair and make it “good as new.” But the tea masters understood that by repairing the broken bowl with the distinct beauty of radiant gold, they could create an alternative to “good as new” and instead employ a “better than new” aesthetic. They understood that a conspicuous, artful repair actually adds value. Because after mending, the bowl's unique fault lines were transformed into little rivers of gold that post repair were even more special because the bowl could then resemble nothing but itself.” WayTryingLittlesValuesLinesSpecialMastersBrokenUniqueUnderstoodRiversGoldAddFaultsAlternativesTeaPostsAestheticTransformedBowlsRadiantMendingRepairingBroken Things Author:Teresita Fernandez
“Washington is horribly broken. We are encountering a day of reckoning and this movement, this Tea Party movement, is a message to Washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently.” WantDonePartyMovementBrokenMessagesUnhappyTeaThings DoneTea PartyReckoningTea Party Movement Author:Rand Paul
“In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.” FourBrokenTasteAddTricksTeaPotMexicoSaltCrystalsKettles Author:Gael Garcia Bernal
“The Iron Rule of prudence for an Istanbulite Woman: If you are as fragile as a tea glass, either find a way to never encounter burning water and hope to marry an ideal husband or get yourself laid and broken as soon as possible. Alternatively, stop being a tea-glass woman!” IfsWayWaterBrokenHusbandIdealsGlassesBurningTeaEncountersIronFragilePrudenceIdeal Husband Author:Elif Safak
“The place I like best in this world is the kitchen. No matter where it is, no matter what kind, if it’s a kitchen, if it’s a place where they make food, it’s fine with me. Ideally it should be well broken in. Lots of tea towels, dry and immaculate. Where tile catching the light (ting! Ting!)” (p. 3).” IfsWorldShouldWellsKindMatterLightThis WorldBrokenFineNo Matter WhatTeaKitchenDryCatchingTowelsImmaculateTiles Book:Three plays Source: Three plays