“Going to Ford's Theatre to watch the play is like going to Hooters for the food.”

— Sarah Vowell, book Assassination Vacation

Source: Assassination Vacation (2005), p. 21

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American author, journalist, essayist and social commentator 1969

Shirley Jackson book We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“Let's go siesta
In your Ford Fiesta”

Justine Frischmann (1969) English musician

"Car Song", from Elastica (1995)
Lyrics

“You know, I go to the theatre to be entertained… I don’t want to see plays about rape, sodomy and drug addiction… I can get all that at home.”

Peter Cook (1937–1995) British architect

Caption to a cartoon drawn by Roger Law, published in The Observer (8 July 1962)

“The theatre couldn't match what was going on in a court of law or at football grounds. The theatre has never been able to match what goes on anywhere, that's why so few people go.”

Tom Baker (1934) English actor

“I was pretty health-conscious even before going vegan. The transition came after I watched Food, Inc. and a documentary called GMO OMG.”

Wilson Chandler (1987) American basketball player

After that I went pescatarian for a while, but I went deeper and deeper with research. … Part of why I stopped eating meat is because the more acid is in your body, the harder it is for muscles to recover. <br class="br"> "The Real-Life Diet of Wilson Chandler, Nuggets Forward and Vegan" https://www.gq.com/story/wilson-chandler-real-life-vegan-diet, interview with GQ (December 6, 2016).

“Brazil have to watch out; they've already been warned. They're going to go down by a lot more if they continue like this.”

Steve McManaman (1972) English footballer

Source: 2010s, 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil v. Germany (2014)
Context: Simple as you like. Look at this with the goal. Lovely ball in, Toni Kroos takes his time. Look at this for the pass. Have some of that. Intelligence of Muller. Julio Cesar does well, but Klose is there for the rebound. What a beautiful goal, simple. Running off the ball, incisive passes. Brazil have to watch out; they've already been warned. They're going to go down by a lot more if they continue like this. But, a wonderful achievement by Miroslav Klose.