- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chopping Quotes
From kitchen prep to political metaphor.
Most quotes here use chopping literally, whether it's vegetables while Cooking, firewood in the countryside, or a wish to work as a carpenter. One outlier is political, warning that the Constitution itself is on the chopping block.
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- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout my time working in restaurants, I developed an illogical dread of some basic kitchen tasks. None of them - picking and chopping parsley, peeling and mincing garlic, browning pans of ground meat - were particularly difficult. But at the scale required in a professional kitchen, they felt Sisyphean.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a man is pictured chopping off a woman's breast, it only gets a R rating, but if, God forbid, a man is pictured kissing a woman's breast, it gets an X rating. Why is violence more acceptable than tenderness?
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really enjoy making dinner for my kids and my husband - chopping ginger and marinating the tofu.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Laos is a country where everything is eaten. When I came back, I would find myself chopping parsley and thinking: 'Why am I throwing these stems away? They're perfectly edible.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not think I will ever write screenplays based on my books. I would not know what to cut out and what portions to keep. I like all the characters I have created. I cannot imagine chopping them off.
- Conveyor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Songs are not on a conveyor belt. I'm not chopping them up and putting them out.
- Friday Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll get home from work on Friday night and take out some beans and soak them. The next morning, I'll put them in a pot for soup, then just keep chopping, chopping, chopping - carrots and celery and cabbage - and in two or three hours, you have this wonderful, mellow soup that fills up the whole house with its aroma.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs!
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love cooking. It's what clears my mind, since it's pretty hard to multitask when you're chopping vegetables.
- Countryside
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the countryside. I like chopping wood. I'd like to be a carpenter.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll tell you, my dad played and sang, and it didn't take me long to figure out that playing a guitar was a whole lot better than getting ahold of a hoe handle or chopping cotton, man.
- Competition
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem with TV now is that there's so much competition, that you're always on the chopping block.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ten years ago, TV cookery shows were about a man or a woman following recipes. Now, it's all about journeys and campaigns and less about the actual chopping and dicing. That's what I'd like to do with magic.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been of that mindset - when you're writing tunes with people, there's a traditional way of chopping things up, and then there's the way that feels right. If people contribute, you hit 'em accordingly.
- Heating
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- Nov 07, 2020
What would people be surprised to know about me? That I love cooking and chopping wood for the heating system in my house.
- Great Value
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- Nov 07, 2020