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I really cringe at the sight of pattypan squash. So pretty and cute and having no taste or exciting texture. Dull.

~Alex Guarnaschelli

Topics: Cringe Cute Dull Exciting Having Pretty Really Sight Squash Taste Texture

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I guess I cringe when the discussion leads to, rather than books and sentences and characters and the stuff that writers are supposed to be concerned with, how to have an online presence and how many followers you have on Twitter. That stuff always makes me uncomfortable.

~Alice Mcdermott

Topics: Always Books Characters Concerned Cringe Discussion Followers Guess How Leads Makes Many Me Online Presence Rather Sentences Stuff Supposed Than Twitter Uncomfortable Writers You

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I always cringe when people tell me they don't eat breakfast, as though that's a good thing. Eek! You have to start the day off with something in your stomach to get your metabolism active. Also, the mental game of 'holding out,' not eating for as long as possible, at least for me, was a really unhealthy mental place.

~Alison Sweeney

Topics: Active Also Always Breakfast Cringe Day Eat Eating Game Get Good Good Thing Holding Least Long Me Mental Metabolism Off Out People Place Possible Really Something Start Stomach Tell Thing Though Unhealthy You Your A Good Thing

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When I look back at the way that I was in that documentary I cringe.

~Benjamin Cohen

Topics: Back Cringe Documentary Look Way

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I used to look so immature, like a young man without self-confidence. There was one particular light blue, shiny cape outfit I wore that still makes me cringe.

~Bjorn Ulvaeus

Topics: Blue Cape Cringe Immature Light Like Look Makes Man Me Outfit Particular Self-Confidence Shiny Still Used Without Wore Young Young Man

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I was 23 when I wrote 'Neighbors,' and I definitely look back at it now and cringe a little bit. I was trying to understand what drama was.

~Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Topics: Back Bit Cringe Definitely Drama Little Little Bit Look Neighbors Now Trying Understand Wrote

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I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit.

~Carly Rae Jepsen

Topics: Bad Bad Idea Bit Cringe Everyone General Idea Immediate Just Just Kind Kind Like Lines Little Little Bit Reaction Sound Think I Think

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What I learned on 'To Die For,' I learned over the years that followed, when some memory from the shoot would bubble up to the surface of my mind, and I could see it from a new perspective. I would usually cringe when that happened.

~Casey Affleck

Topics: Bubble Could Cringe Die Followed Happened Learned Memory Mind New New Perspective Over Perspective See Shoot Some Surface Up Would Years

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Usually, watching yourself is pretty awful. People think we all love watching our own films. We don't. We cringe away from it.

~Charlotte Rampling

Topics: Away Awful Cringe Films Love Our Own People Pretty Think Watching Yourself

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Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a novel is 'real'.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Topics: Asked Cringe Does Fiction How How Much Life Much Need Novel Real Real Life Successful Whenever Writer

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