Calvin Trillin citations

“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”

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“Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.”

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“Health food makes me sick.”

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Cookbook Corner: Healthy meals from health care workers, The Land Online, Sarah Johnson, 2008-10-17, 2008-12-19 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_home_hearth/local_story_297150955.html,

“Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly.”

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"Alice's Law of Compensatory Cash Flow" in Alice, Let's Eat (1978) ("Alice" was his wife, Alice Trillin)