Rosecrans Baldwin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I was 23 when I learned how to cook; I grew up around the same time. It was precisely then that Thanksgiving started to mean something more. Growing up, Christmas was always about me, and eventually you, when I finally started to enjoy the giving part. But Thanksgiving is always about us.”

“I never had the idea of moving to Paris and becoming something. I liked the idea of living in Paris because it seemed to have so many parts of life I really enjoyed. The people there seemed to prize literature and art, food and drinking, a more hedonistic way of living.”

“About guns, about hunting, it's safe to say I know nothing. The last gun I fired was a musket at Boy Scout camp.”

“Americans love popcorn, and their love doesn't quit.”

“To be human is to have a collection of memories that tells you who you are and how you got there.”

“By and large, the Mexican food in Paris is horrible.”

“My confession: I listen to great music very badly.”

“France and America have a long history of mutual loathing and longing. Americans still dream of Paris; Parisians still dream of the America they find in the movies of David Lynch.”

“My ideal vacation isn't about complex maneuvers. I want to arrive somewhere foreign where I don't speak the language, go hiking, then plop down in a sunny square, have drinks, read a book, and see what happens.”

“In college, my wife did a study abroad in Nairobi, and I did the exact same program in Cape Town. For me, the experience of being in that other culture really set up a longing. When I'm traveling, things seem really sharp. You learn things ten times faster.”