in matters of love men's eyes are always bigger than their bellies. They have violent appetites, 'tis true, but they have soon dined.
Plays - Página 93 http://books.google.com/books?id=TCUJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA93, de John Vanbrugh - Publicado por Printed for J. Tonson and M. Wellington, and sold by William Taylor, 1719
“A sociedade é composta por duas grandes classes: aqueles que têm mais jantares que apetite e os que têm mais apetite que jantares.”
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"Os filmes utilizam não só materiais diferentes, eles têm várias vezes que cozinhar suas grandes sopas, e tem de ser consumido em público juntamente com outras 800 pessoas em oposição à de um jantar solitário".
Movies not only used different materials, they had different cooking times for their great soups, and had to be consumed in public alongside 800 other people as opposed to by one solitary diner.
Fonte: Introduction to ANTHONY MINGHELLA'S Screenplay http://www.zaentz.com/files/english_patient.html, justificando porque, apesar de se tornar um escritor continuou a amar os filmes, que considera completamente diferentes dos livros.
“Todas as grandes mudanças na América começam à mesa de jantar.”
All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
Ronald Reagan: Volume 1 - Página 227, United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register - 1982
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It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: With a Life of the Author. Also, a View of the Doctrine of Smith Compared with that of the French Economists; with a Method of Facilitating the Study of His Works, Volume 1, Página 20 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xTpFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20, Adam Smith - Creech, 1806.
Uma Investigação Sobre a Natureza e a Causa da Riqueza das Nações