"Taste is the feminine of genius."
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"And once you live a good story, you get a taste for a kind of meaning in life, and you can't go back to being normal; you can't go back to meaningless scenes stitched together by the forgettable thread of wasted time."
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"Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet."
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"Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you."
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"Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it."
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"Taste. You cannot buy such a rare and wonderful thing. You can't send away for it in a catalogue. And I'm afraid it's becoming obsolete."
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"Oh, the strawberries don't taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch!"
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"I just usually go with my own taste. If I like something, and it happens to be against the law, well, then I might have a problem."
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"The most important thing in art is taste."
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"Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life"
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"An early taste of death is not necessarily a bad thing."
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"Cider was my drink because I liked the taste and it made me stupid."
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"You tasted it. Isn't that enough? Of what do you ever get more than a taste? That's all we're given in life, that's all we're given of life. A taste. There is no more."
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"Everyone eats and drinks; yet only few appreciate the taste of food."
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"If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste."
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"I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste."
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"Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste."
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"The strenuous life tastes better"
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"Genius and taste don't go together."
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"Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste."
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