- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Food Quotes
Food as comfort, hardship, and honest confession.
This collection spans food's range, from the humiliation of accidentally poisoning a dinner guest to a genuine hardship of not having enough money for basic meals or clothes while starting out. For lighter, image-ready food lines, see Captions.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Better Off
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bahrainis are better off than many other Arabs. We have a welfare state, everybody gets a salary whether they have a job or not. Electricity and food are subsidized; school and healthcare are free. And we don't differentiate between Bahrainis and foreigners. We are very proud of that.
- Fruit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Savoury food is for main course, and fruit is for pudding.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I need to lose some weight. I'm getting really fat. But I'm getting older, and I just can't stop eating wonderful food. Rich, wonderful food.
- Colors
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first dream was to travel. I was attracted to different places, different colors of skin, different food. When I was 18 in 1977, I went to Europe with my accordion and discovered the pleasure of entertaining people.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working!
- Queen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love Kim Chi the drag queen from 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' but I'm not sure about the food.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although even when I am being idle I have plenty of food for thought both early and late - thoughts both about and not about art.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I grew up, I always refused to cook Indian food very vehemently, and to this day, I don't cook chapatis at home. I'd always say, 'Why do I have to do it? Why don't the men do it?'
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me, the bard out of work, the Lord has applied to His service. In the very beginning, He gave me the order to sing His praises night and day. The Master summoned the minstrel to His True Court. He clothed me with the robe of His true honour and eulogy. Since then, the True Name had become my ambrosial food.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the people use the wealth bestowed on them by God for themselves alone or for treasuring it, it is like a corpse. But if they decide to share it with others, it becomes sacred food.
- Choose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a celebrity bodyguard. I didn't keep the best hours or choose the best food when I was on the road.
- Contributing
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- Nov 07, 2020