Erk Russell
Football Coach
"The South, to me, is fried chicken and catfish caviar --- that's grits --- and good-looking women."
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Caviar
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Stephen King
Author
"I don't take notes; I don't outline, I don't do anything like that. I just flail away at the goddamn thing. I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami. You can't sell it as caviar."
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model
"Fame to me certainly is only a temporary and a partial happiness ... fame is not really for a daily diet, that's not what fulfills you. It warms you a bit but the warming is temporary. It's like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have to have it every meal and every day."
Anton Chekhov
Playwright, Short Story Writer
"Ah, Caviar! I keep on eating it, but can never get my fill. Like olives. It's a lucky thing it's not salty."
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model
"Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal."
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"Russians will consume marinated mushrooms and vodka, salted herring and vodka, smoked salmon and vodka, salami and vodka, caviar on brown bread and vodka, pickled cucumbers and vodka, cold tongue and vodka, red beet salad and vodka, scallions and vodka-anything and everything and vodka."
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"I don't feel the need for unusual or glamorous foods like caviar, and I tend more towards ordinary, satisfying food."
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"Have caviar if you like, but it tastes like herring to me."
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"Pointless. . . . Like giving caviar to an elephant."
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"The most fun I ever had on a movie was working with Albert Brooks. He's the caviar of comedy. I mean, nobody's funnier; nobody is smarter than Albert Brooks."
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