Steven Pressfield (1943) United States Marine
Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles
“You will need to know the difference between Friday and a fried egg. It's quite a simple difference, but an important one.”
— Douglas Adams, book The Salmon of Doubt
The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
Context: For Children: You will need to know the difference between Friday and a fried egg. It's quite a simple difference, but an important one. Friday comes at the end of the week, whereas a fried egg comes out of a chicken. Like most things, of course, it isn't quite that simple. The fried egg isn't properly a fried egg until it's been put in a frying pan and fried. This is something you wouldn't do to a Friday, of course, though you might do it on a Friday. You can also fry eggs on a Thursday, if you like, or on a cooker. It's all rather complicated, but it makes a kind of sense if you think about it for a while.
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What Every Man Wants in a Woman: 10 Essentials for Growing Deeper in Love
Charisma House
Lake Mary, Fla.
December 2004
978-1591855576
124084413
http://books.google.com/books?id=blrTAAAACAAJ
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Source: Lone Wolf
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