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“I always felt sorry for the sidekick as a kid. They never got their due and it left a very bad taste in the mouth - they are defined by a subordinate relationship to someone else. I always felt like a bit of sidekick when I was a kid and it didn't feel fair.”

Feels Kids Left Felt Bits Taste Mouths Fairs Sorry Dues Defined Subordinates Bad Taste Sidekicks

Author:China Mieville

“[Good taste] is a nineteenth-century concept. And good taste has never really been defined. The effort of projecting 'good taste' is so studied that it offends me. No, I prefer to negate that. We have to put a period to so-called good taste.”

Effort Century Periods Taste Concepts Defined Nineteenth Century Good Taste

Author:Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

“In Paris style is everything. That is traditionally understood. Every street, every structure, every shopgirl has style. The style of Parisian architecture has been proved and refined by at least three centuries of academic dictates and highly developed taste. There are few violations of this taste, and there is exemplary architectural consistency. Paris has defined the aesthetics of a sophisticated urban culture.”

Has Beens Culture Three Streets Century Style Taste Understood Structure Architecture Defined Paris Academic Sophisticated Urban Consistency Aesthetics Violation Refined Exemplary

Book:ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?

Source: ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?

“The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.”

Country Company Records Fans Taste Defined Range Programmers Record Companies Consultants Music Fans Moguls Country Music Fans

Author:Charley Pride

“I find it a huge strain to be responsible for my tastes and be known and defined by them.”

Known Huge Taste Responsible Defined Strain Being Responsible

Book:Strong Motion: A Novel

Source: Strong Motion: A Novel

“If we are defined by reason and morality, then reason and morality must define our choices, even when animals are concerned. When people say, for example, that they like their veal or hot dogs too much to ever give them up, and yeah it's sad about the farms but that's just the way it is, reason hears in that the voice of gluttony. We can say that what makes a human being human is precisely the ability to understand that the suffering of an animal is more important than the taste of a treat.”