Calvin Trillin
Author, Humorist
"Many Texas barbecue fanatics have a strong belief in the beneficial properties of accumulated grease."
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Grease
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Al Pacino
Actor, Filmmaker
"You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse; grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God... and where can you go from there?"
Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"The most genuine and efficacious charity is that which greases the paws of the priests; such charity covers a multitude of sins."
Carl Sandburg
Poet, Biographer
"The squeaky wheel gets the grease but the quacking duck gets shot."
Italo Calvino
Writer
"Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top."
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"It is good to be helpful and kindly, but don't give yourself to be melted into candle grease for the benefit of the tallow trade."
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"Everywhere, giant finned cars nose forward like fish; a savage servility slides by on grease."
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"In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning."
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"When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done."
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"Its the hinge that squeaks that gets the grease"
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"I like pork chops and country ham, creamed potatoes, stuff like that. Redeye gravy. It comes from ham, bacon, stuff like that. It's the grease that you fry it in. I eat a lot of Jell-O. Fruit Jell-O."
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"Let them stew in their own grease (or juice)."
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"He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease."
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"Guilt was the grease in which the wheels of the authority turned."
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"Sure, that's what I mean,' Doc Daneeka said. 'A little grease is what makes this world go round. One hand washes the other. Know what I mean? You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.' Yossarian knew what he meant. That's not what I meant,' Doc Daneeka said, as Yossarian began scratching his back."
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"Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can. We patch and tinker more than we renew. The novelty soaks in; it stains the ancient mass; but it is also tinged by what absorbs it."
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"As for highlights, of course "Grease" changed my life and I will always be grateful for that experience."
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"I kind of feel like I've been eating professionally for a long time. I've tasted everything. If there's a sausage, you know what? I know exactly what it tastes like. I love them all. But right now it's more important for me to not have all that grease and fat in my body."
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"On quantum theory I use up more brain grease (rough translation of German idiom) than on relativity."
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"When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done. It's pretty simple really. I just dive in and start digging. Yes, I'm fortunate to know the in's and out's of a true studio-level marketing campaign. But really, anyone who is diligent and well-researched can pull it off too. Its easier for me, but it doesn't make it impossible for others."
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"Ingrateful man with liquorish draughts, and morsels unctuous, greases his pure mind that from it all consideration slips."
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"Etiquette is the grease that makes it possible for all of us to rub together without unnecessary overheating."
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"I've found my missin' piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I've found my missin' piece!"
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"John [Travolta] and I have remained very close friends ever since we did Grease. When I was told that "You're the One That I Want" was named the #1 duet in history and, during a text chat with John letting him know he said "we should record a Christmas song." Of course I said yes."
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"I train myself. I don't have trainers who want hundreds of thousands of dollars to train me. I hire who I want to put the grease on my face, to rub my neck and rub my back, to take my mouthpiece out and rinse it off and put the mouthpiece back in. And then I go about my business. And if they want to say something, they can give me little reminders. All you need are reminders. You don't need 'big-time' trainers."
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