I wasn't the brightest button in the class at school, but I enjoyed cooking and baking. I wasn't clever enough at Maths O-level to get onto the cookery teaching course I really wanted to do, so I did a catering course instead.


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That's all there was in our house: poetry and choir rehearsal and duets and so forth; I listened...
CHUCK BERRY
Chuck Berry doesn't give interviews.
CHUCK BERRY
Maybe it is true what they say, that playing these Chuck Berry songs is easy. But try singing them. ...
CHUCK BERRY
I want to see how far I can go and how good I can be, whether it's in the classroom or on the fo...
ERIC BERRY
What I stand for is what I stand on.
WENDELL BERRY
The improvement in 2005 from 2004 is attributable to extensions and discoveries from our legacy proj...
BILL BERRY
The improvement in 2005 from 2004 is attributable to extensions and discoveries from our legacy proj...
BILL BERRY
We just keep moving the cots a little closer together.
BILL BERRY
From our early investigation, it appears parts from the failing engine penetrated the cabin.
BILL BERRY
I take pride in a lot of things people take for granted, so when opportunities come my way, I just c...
ERIC BERRY
I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor...
HALLE BERRY
Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in th...
WENDELL BERRY
The atmosphere, the earth, the water and the water cycle - those things are good gifts. The ecosyste...
WENDELL BERRY
I loved my 17 years with R.E.M., but I'm ready to reflect, assess and move on to a different pha...
BILL BERRY
When you are new at sheep-raising and your ewe has a lamb, your impulse is to stay there and help it...
WENDELL BERRY
That's the misconceptions that people have, that Chuck Berry went to jail. They're just tota...
CHUCK BERRY
Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
WENDELL BERRY
Charlie Christian played amplified guitar with Benny Goodman's quartet. He was the greatest guit...
CHUCK BERRY
I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
HALLE BERRY
If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you...
CHUCK BERRY
I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step feari...
WENDELL BERRY
How to be a Poet (to remind myself)

Make a place to sit down.
Sit down. Be quiet. <...
WENDELL BERRY
He imagines a necessary joy in things that must fly to eat.
WENDELL BERRY
Annual plants are nature's emergency medical service, seeded in sounds and scars to hold the lan...
WENDELL BERRY
No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer...
DANIELLE BERRY
It's an opportunity for visitors themselves to take part in the effort to reduce accidents.
BRIAN BERRY
The case was shoddily conceived. And he lost it.
BRIAN BERRY
We had two goals going into tonight's game. We wanted to win the game and get nobody hurt. We accomp...
BRIAN BERRY
It's like 'Twilight Zone.' You're seeing the same pattern.
BRIAN BERRY
At first, I think people thought I was a bum or a damn nut, so they were leery of me. People are nic...
BOB BERRY
I was real satisfied with how we did going against the big schools. Most of our guys are newer at tr...
BOB BERRY
The cruise (phase) has been very successful.
BOB BERRY
For a while, there was nobody cutting ships. You couldn't do it because of all the environmental reg...
BOB BERRY
He was mighty tickled and was a good kid. But I had to give him a lecture on keeping a phone number ...
BOB BERRY
The team is trained and confident. The spacecraft systems are healthy and performing as expected, an...
BOB BERRY
I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head. [On her beauty pageant days].
HALLE BERRY
I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.
HALLE BERRY
I always had to diet. I'm diabetic, so it's a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy a...
HALLE BERRY
Listening to Nat Cole prompted me to sing sentimental songs with distinct diction.
CHUCK BERRY
I added and deleted according to the audiences' response to different gestures, and chose songs ...
CHUCK BERRY
This has ripped the family. The parents they're devastated.
CATHY BERRY
This has ripped the family. The parents – they're devastated.
CATHY BERRY
I thought the girls played well, and we got off to a great start. We have a lot of returning players...
CATHY BERRY
I thought Emily played fantastic, and she really held her own. She definitely stepped it up, when sh...
CATHY BERRY
You're life still goes one whether you want it to or not, you still have daily bills that come in.
CATHY BERRY
It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
CHUCK BERRY