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You don't get over hating to cook, any more than you get over having big feet.

It's easier to find a traveling companion than to get rid of one.

When I finally gathered, invented, stole, simplified, borrowed, and found a publisher for a clutch of reasonably foolproof recipes, I learned I had friends I hadn't known about - more proof that a mutual dislike can be quite as sound a basis for friendship as a mutual devotion.

The subject of men and women is absolutely fraught with sex, which is as it should be.

There are worse things than being fat, and one of them is worrying about it all the time.

This wild emaciated look appeals to some women, though not to many men, who are seldom seen pinning up a Vogue illustration in a machine shop.

Every idea is my last. I feel sure of it. So, I try to do the best with each as it comes and that's where my responsibility ends. But I just don't wait for ideas. I look for them. Constantly. And if I don't use the ideas that I find, they're going to quit showing up.

How to Comfort Yourself When You Have Acted Like a Jackass_x000D_Everyone does this occasionally, and you shouldn't feel too upset about it unless it happens quite often, such as three times a day, in which case you must simply get used to it. Remember, other people like you as well or better for it, because it makes them feel so superior; so you've spread a little sunshine. And at the very least, you've served as a bad example.

It isn't surprising that many children consider their parents to be a little dim, and that they sometimes try to update them. The fact that they don't usually try too hard is just as well; a thoroughly updated parent is an unappetizing sight.

Facts must be faced. Vegetables simply don't taste as good as most other things do.

When there's a lot of it around, you never want it very much.

Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.