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• I was starting to wonder if I was ready to be a writer, not someone who won prizes, got published and was given the time and space to work, but someone who wrote as a course of life. Maybe writing wouldn't have any rewards. Maybe the salvation I would gain through work would only be emotional and intellectual. Wouldn't that be enough, to be a waitress who found an hour or two hidden in every day to write?

  Ann Patchett

  Writing, Emotional, Two

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  Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: 'We don't serve colored people here.' "I said: 'that's all right, I don't eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.

  Dick Gregory

  White, People, Lasts

  Dick Gregory, Robert Lipsyte (1990). “Nigger”, p.144, Simon and Schuster

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• Now, as an adult, I appreciate those memories. Mom taught me the importance of compassion for your waitress, your crossing guard, your mailman.

  Cate Edwards

  Mom, Memories, Compassion

  "Cate Edwards: What No One Knows About My Mother, Elizabeth Edwards". www.glamour.com. October 6, 2011.

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• I don't know if I can handle living in Tokyo. I feel like the culture shock would be so intense, especially with the service industry in America - you can't make up for that. Once you get a chance to travel a lot, you start to realize when that waitress comes back and asks you if you want some more to drink, that's an important moment. Nobody else does that!

  Stephen Bruner

  Important, Culture, Chance

  Source: nyc.brightestyoungthings.com

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• Really, it [the Waitress] was a story about believing in yourself ultimately, and caring enough about yourself to change your life.

  Keri Russell

  Believe, Caring, Stories

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Waitress!" Hedge called. "Six double espressos, and whatever these guys want. Put it on the girl's tab.

  Rick Riordan

  Girl, Espresso, Guy

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• I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Dog, Jobs, Boss

  FaceBook post by Barbara Corcoran from Nov 19, 2015

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• I said, "I'll take the T-bone steak." A soft voice mooed, "Oh wow." And I looked up and realized The waitress was a cow. I cried, "Mistake--forget the the steak. I'll take the chicken then." I heard a cluck--'twas just my luck The busboy was a hen. I said, "Okay no, fowl today. I'll have the seafood dish." Then I saw through the kitchen door The cook--he was a fish. I screamed, "Is there anyone workin' here Who's an onion or a beet? No? Your're sure? Okay then friends, A salad's what I'll eat." They looked at me. "Oh,no," they said, "The owner is a cabbage head.

  Shel Silverstein

  Mistake, Voice, Doors

  Shel Silverstein, “Strange Restaurant”

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• Gonzo narrows his eyes. 'How often do you clean that thing?' 'Every night,' the waitress answers. Her smile is strained. 'That's it? Do you know how long it takes for Listeria to grow under those hot lamps, even with ice?' Here we go. 'It can happen in just five hours. Five hours and you've got the salad bar of death!' The waitress looks confused. 'From Listerine?

  Libba Bray

  Confused, Eye, Night

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.140, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• I walked in on my folks doing it doggy style less than four hours ago." "Waitress!" Jonas screamed, clicking his fingers madly. "Bring two!" then, more quietly,"You want a neck massage? A bedtime story? A bullet in the ear?

  MaryJanice Davidson

  Two, Style, Massage

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• I started in the restaurant business at the age of 19 as a waitress. I loved the atmosphere and the camaraderie of the restaurant business. I loved not having to go to an office. I loved making people happy.

  Anne Burrell

  People, Office, Atmosphere

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• I don't like people who are hypocritical, who pretend to be nice, particularly in show business when they're nice on camera, and then off camera they're absolutely appalling to the makeup people, or the waitress in a restaurant, you know? I don't like - I can't bear those kind of people. So I like people who are, you know, up front in your face.

  Simon Cowell

  Nice, Makeup, People

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. March 17, 2006.

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• I never lived the life of 'Oh, you're so good-looking'. People thought I was a girl when I was little, because I looked like a girl-maybe because my mother would keep my hair really long in a bowl cut. I was in a coffee shop once and the waitress was like, 'What do you want, Miss?' I was 10 or 11-the worst age to have that happen. I had a jean jacket on and a Metallica pin. I thought I was really cool.

  Bradley Cooper

  Girl, Mother, Coffee

  Buography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• For the rest of my life I'll be thinking about that hamburger. I'll be sitting there at the counter, holding it in my hands with tears streaming down my cheeks. The waitress will be looking away because she doesn't like to see kids crying when they are eating hamburgers.

  Richard Brautigan

  Kids, Thinking, Hands

  Richard Brautigan (2011). “So The Wind Won't Blow It All Away”, p.1, Canongate Books

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• I staggered into a Manchester bar late one night on a tour and the waitress said "You look as if you need a Screaming Orgasm". At the time this was the last thing on my mind.

  Terry Pratchett

  Night, Mind, Needs

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• I don't care how much evidence the state presented. I've never for one moment believed he murdered that waitress.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Care, Moments, States

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips (2013). “Kiss An Angel”, p.37, Hachette UK

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• A poet could write volumes about diners, because they're so beautiful. They're brightly lit, with chrome and booths and Naugahyde and great waitresses. Now, it might not be so great in the health department, but I think diner food is really worth experiencing periodically.

  David Lynch

  Beautiful, Writing, Thinking

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• My mother and father had so many ups and downs and stayed with each other and helped each other. My mother took in ironing and she was a waitress. My father was working in the factory and he did people's tax returns.

  Patti Smith

  Mother, Father, People

  "Patti Smith: 'I love Portland ... it's a real book town'". Interview with Jeff Baker, www.oregonlive.com. January 31, 2010.

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• If the waitress comes, order me a coffee and something that involves bacon.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Coffee, Order, Ifs

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.331, Scholastic Inc.

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• Refills are free,” the waitress tells us with a frown, like she’s hoping we’re not the kind of people who ask for endless refills. I am already pretty sure we are exactly those people.

  Holly Black

  People, Kind, Refills

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• Waitress: "And to drink?" Artemis: "Spring water. Irish, if you have it. And no ice, please. As your ice is no doubt made from tap water, which rather defeats the purpose of spring water.

  Eoin Colfer

  Spring, Ice, Water

  Eoin Colfer (2005). “Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code - Book #3”, Miramax

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• I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.

  Lady Gaga

  Jobs, New York, Impossible

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• For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of 40 +, there is a balding, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year-old waitress.

  Andy Rooney

  Breakup, Smart, Yellow

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• I love Keri Russell. I watched every episode of Felicity, and Waitress is my favorite film from last year. She's just an amazing actress. And I like her voice a lot - it didn't surprise me that she would be doing voiceover work.

  Virginia Madsen

  Voice, Would Be, Like Her

  "Virginia Madsen Is Wonder Woman's Queen Hipolyta". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. January 7, 2009.

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• Enchantment can be done with writing but I think enchantment is basically a prospective or an operating system for life. That you can enchant a person who is assigning your airplane seat, your hotel room, your waiter, your waitress.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Writing, Airplane, Thinking

  "Guy Kawasaki Interview on His Latest Book - APE". Interview with helen Nesterenko, writtent.com. January 11, 2013.

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