We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.
Julia ChildRead
The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken.
Interpretation
This quote humorously suggests that successful cooking requires both skill and an enthusiastic, carefree approach.
Julia Child's quote emphasizes that mastering the art of French cooking involves a combination of technique and a playful spirit. It suggests that the process can be enjoyable and should be approached with a sense of humor, even if it means being a bit unconventional or messy in the kitchen.
In practice
In a cooking class, when discussing creativity in the kitchen.
We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.
The egg can be your best friend if you just give it the right break
I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it -- and, more important, I like to give it.
Upon reflection, I decided I had three main weaknesses: I was confused (evidenced by a lack of facts, an inability to coordinate my thoughts, and an inability to verbalize my ideas); I had a lack of confidence, which cause me to back down from forcefully stated positions; and I was overly emotional at the expense of careful, 'scientific' though. I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.
Wine is one of the agreeable and essential ingredients of life
Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.
The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important, since there is nothing new to be said. Shakespeare, Balzac, Homer have all written about the same things, and if they had lived one thousand or two thousand years longer, the publishers wouldn't have needed anyone since.
and the sad notes floated out to the patio and hung in the trees like birds too tired to fly
On Painting Rats, and the Glorification of Them. They exist without permission. They are hated, hunted and persecuted. They live in quiet desperation amongst the filth. And yet they are capable of bringing entire civilizations to their knees. If you are dirty, insignificant, and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
I'm interested in designing for posterity.
Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
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