That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it.
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LAURIE COLWIN No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by gen...
LAURIE COLWIN You score three times inside the first 30 (minutes) and the bonus point is there for the grab. We ju...
LAURIE FISHER Maine has the highest rate of childhood asthma in the country. The good news is that Maine is ahead ...
LAURIE STILLMAN I'm not a bigot. I'm not a homophobe. I'm a conscientious parent.
LAURIE TAYLOR I dropped the script in the fireplace, called my agent and said, they can jail me, sue me, but I'm n...
PIPER LAURIE When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. A...
LAURIE ANDERSON I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff.
PIPER LAURIE Unhappiness is an unfinished state; happy people don't need our help.
HUGH LAURIE I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sit...
HUGH LAURIE Ideas are 10 a penny. It's the execution that's the hard thing to do. House is standing up a...
HUGH LAURIE The system broke down. We have to ask hard questions.
LAURIE ZOLOTH They, all of them, work incredibly hard to make me seem clever and heroic, neither of which I am.
HUGH LAURIE People assume that I'm very highly trained, that I studied and did years and years of Shakespeare. I...
HUGH LAURIE He was a very gentle soul and, I think, a very good doctor. And I'm probably being paid more to beco...
HUGH LAURIE I am terribly conscious of the fact that the world doesn't need any more actors. There are so many b...
HUGH LAURIE Plainly, if your life is hanging in the balance, the most important thing to you at that moment is g...
HUGH LAURIE I have no problem with Matthew taking that deal, from the figures that I understand the ballpark to ...
LAURIE FISHER If you're skating on thin ice, you might as well dance!
LAURIE STRONGIN The constitutional presumption is for openness in the courts, but we have to ask whether we are real...
LAURIE LEVENSON He draws defenders. He's got to learn to dish it off more, but with that pace he's a bit of firepowe...
LAURIE CALLOWAY It's more than a slap in the face. It's shoving you in the mud and spitting on you. It's not just a ...
BILL LAURIE I'm rather enjoying the whole process of reinvention, ... To be able to pretend to be something that...
HUGH LAURIE "Cutting bangs are like thong underwear....an "adjustment" period of about two weeks is required bef...
LAURIE OSBURN I'm reasonably easygoing. Messing up my lines or making a fool of myself is where you find my fe...
HUGH LAURIE We don't want this issue hanging over our heads.
LAURIE ARRON There's a real risk that this motion could succeed ... and we need to deal with it.
LAURIE ARRON Basically, it's too close to call. I had a lot of surprises last night.
LAURIE ARRON Ultimately, it's clear that it won't work to try and take away equal marriage.
LAURIE ARRON Researchers will look at the OS level, as well as at mobile Web-browsing applications, in an effort ...
LAURIE ARMSTRONG There's a lot going on. People are taking children into consideration and promoting families more.
LAURIE ARMSTRONG He started doing walking tours that were hysterical and offered a lot of fascinating history. Now hi...
LAURIE ARMSTRONG One of the things the hospitality industry offers is employment on every level. Whether someone just...
LAURIE ARMSTRONG This center is dedicated to long-term research, looking at future innovations and concepts that will...
LAURIE ARMSTRONG Songs and Stories from Moby Dick,
LAURIE ANDERSON When you think of the Caribbean today, you think of clear blue warm water, ... Probably about 12 mil...
LAURIE ANDERSON