Peg Bracken
Peg Bracken
Ruth Eleanor "Peg" Brackenwas an American author of humorous books on cooking, housekeeping, etiquette and travel...
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The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're still alive and about, if such is the case, and that you're glad other people are, without having to spend an entire evening proving it.
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The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're still alive and about, if such is the case, and that you're glad other people are, without having to spend an entire evening proving it.
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People would have more leisure time if it weren't for all the leisure-time activities that use it up.
humor people arson
People will admit to arson and mayhem sooner than no sense of humor.
truth color people
many people choose, early on, their own truths from the large smorgasbord available. And once they've chosen them, for good reason or no reason, they then proceed rather selectively, wisely gathering whatever will bolster them or at least carry out the color scheme.
thinking people paradise
Cheese for dessert is rather like Paradise Lost in that everyone thinks he ought to like it, but still you don't notice too many people actually curling up with it.
funny-things people able
When people say it's a funny thing about them, you will probably be able to control your hysterics. They are only getting ready to announce the shattering fact that they don't like something. And it's not going to be something that's really quite awful, like suttee or apartheid; it's going to be something small.
tombstone long people
Some people collect paperweights, or pre-Columbian figures, or old masters, or young mistresses, or tombstone rubbings, or five-minute recipes, or any of a thousand other things ... My own collection is sunrises; and I find that they have their advantages. Sunrises are usually handsome, they can't possibly be dusted, and they take only a little room, so long as it has a window to see them from.
sunshine people upset
How to Comfort Yourself When You Have Acted Like a Jackass Everyone does this occasionally, and you shouldn't feel too upset about it unless it happens quite often, such as three times a day, in which case you must simply get used to it. Remember, other people like you as well or better for it, because it makes them feel so superior; so you've spread a little sunshine. And at the very least, you've served as a bad example.
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It is a rare expert who clearly realizes how inexpert someone else can be.
wise travel return
On their return from a trip, it is wise to see friends promptly, before they've had time to get their pictures developed.
years self quitting
I didn't learn for years that you generally find your Self after you quit looking for it.
restaurants copies cooks
Many a restaurant seems to employ more copy writers than cooks.
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I believe that one's basic financial attitudes are - like a tendency toward fat knees - probably formed in utero, or, at the very latest, in cribbo.