Quotes with dinner-table

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  • Billy Corgan Actually, I was having dinner with Michael (Stipe, of R.E.M.) when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.
    Icon Magazine. April 1998
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • William Shakespeare Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. Where be your jibes now, your gambols, your songs, your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar?
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Ronald Reagan All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
    Speech, 11-01-1989
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • William Penn Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • Jacques Prevert An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life.
    Jacques Prevert
    French poet and prose st (1900 - 1977)
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  • Arthur Bryant And so while the great ones depart to their dinner, the secretary stays, growing thinner and thinner, racking his brain to record and report what he thinks that they think that they ought to have thought.
    Arthur Bryant
    English historian, columnist for The Illustrated London News and man (1899 - 1985)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Fran Lebowitz Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • William Somerset Maugham At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • P. J. O'Rourke Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. They are, literally, selfless. A world designed for automobiles instead of people would have wider streets, larger dining rooms, fewer stairs to climb and no smelly, dangerous subway stations.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Bob Keeshan Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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  • Augusten Burroughs Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that you use to pay bills at and eat at. It's going to be nice to have actual space.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
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  • Brad Garrett But I believe that there are marriages where you can have your pool table and she can have her scrapbooking room or garden or whatever it is. But when everyone has what they want, it's not funny. There's no conflict.
    Brad Garrett
    American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and professional (1960 - )
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  • Carol Burnett But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.
    Carol Burnett
    American actress, comedian, singer, and writer (1933 - )
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  • Anthony Caro But I don't think that sculpture belongs in everyday life like a table does, or like a chair.
    Anthony Caro
    English sculptor (1924 - 2013)
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  • Brian K. Vaughan By the time you have your protagonist attempting to assassinate the Pope, you've sort of signaled that everything is on the table.
    Brian K. Vaughan
    American comic book and television writer (1976 - )
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  • Robin Williams Death is nature's way of saying, Your table's ready.
    Robin Williams
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1951 - 2014)
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  • Bev Perdue Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powerful thing we own is our vote.
    Bev Perdue
    American businesswoman and politician (1947 - )
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  • W. M. Thackeray Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Carmen Electra Dinner is a great first date. Don't believe that stuff about girls not wanting to eat on a first date - sharing a romantic meal is so sexy.
    Carmen Electra
    American actress, model and singer (1972 - )
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