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Dinner

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet
Dinner

"I praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, audacious without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange with-out heresy."

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Joan Didion Author, Essayist
Dinner

"Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends."

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Tom Ford Fashion Designer
Dinner

"I am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small dinners with close friends."

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Jack Nicholson Actor, Filmmaker
Dinner

"It's not like I'm starved for company - I have a few very good lady friends - but there's only a certain amount of times a woman wants to see you and never go out for dinner."

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Plato Philosopher
Dinner

"When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself."

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Drake Rapper, singer, songwriter
Dinner

"I'm down for whatever. You just lead the way. We go to dinner you don't even look at me to pay"

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Jo Brand Comedian, Writer
Dinner

"When I was a nurse my favourite assignment was the anorexic ward. I sometimes ate as many as seventeen dinners"

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Bear Bryant Football Coach
Dinner

"I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either."

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Brian Tracy Author, Speaker
Dinner

"The process of writing a book is like the process of preparing a dinner. Serving dishes, choosing ingredients and so on."

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Lauren Child Author and Illustrator
Dinner

"I say 'Mom, how come you don't change into an evening gown for dinner?' She says 'I do, it's called a bath robe. [...]"

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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher
Dinner

"And so the liberal tendency became a habit with Stepan Arkadyich, and he liked his newspaper, as he liked a cigar after dinner, for the slight haze it produced in his head."

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Leonardo DiCaprio Actor, Producer, Environmental Activist
Dinner

"Fame is not the worst thing. I went to dinner the other night, and the girls in the restaurant ignored me. It was so annoying."

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