“I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on one side…"
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Sting (1951) English musician
Source: Nothing Like the Sun
“That is my problem with life, I just rush through it, like I'm being chased. Even things whose whole point is slowness, like drinking relaxing tea. When I drink relaxing tea I suck it down like I'm in a contest for who can drink relaxing tea the quickest.”
"The Man on the Stairs" in Fence (Spring/Summer 2004)
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Bob Hope (1903–2003) American comedian, actor, singer and dancer
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Audio recording of radio broadcast.
Uri Geller (1946) Israeli illusionist
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Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
The Miracle of Mindfulness (1999)
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“Why sip from a tea cup, when you can drink from the river.”
Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer
Source: L.A. Story and Roxanne: Screenplays
“I want to drink a cup of tea to all those Kennedys who went and all those Kennedys who stayed.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
While visiting his ancestral homestead in Wexford, as quoted in BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/27/newsid_4461000/4461115.stm <br class="br">1963
“Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It’s patriotic to overconsume.”
Brian W. Aldiss book Greybeard
Source: Greybeard (1964), Chapter 4 (p. 121)