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I do hold very strongly that tea is better in England. There's something in the milk. They must have special cows.


Gail Carriger

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GAIL COLLINS The work-family divide is the biggest issue for American women. But in some ways it's amazing ho...
GAIL COLLINS Adapting to our Second Adulthood is not all about the money. It requires thinking about how to find ...
GAIL SHEEHY Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's ...
GAIL SHEEHY When I got to be a CEO, I said: 'Right. I'm now going to tackle gender inequality head-on. I...
GAIL KELLY Patience is the secret to good food.
GAIL SIMMONS I do think taking the 20s to take the most chances you can is important, because you're not goin...
GAIL SHEEHY Eating a lot is an occupational hazard but it's a pretty great problem to have. I spend a lot of...
GAIL SIMMONS In my memoir, I admit that I've been as fearful of success as of failure. In fact, when 'Pas...
GAIL SHEEHY Now my poor hometown is being castigated as the center of an IRS scandal. Humble workers at the Cinc...
GAIL COLLINS Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to d...
GAIL COLLINS I grew up in one of the most socially conservative neighborhoods in Ohio, and my parents were tradit...
GAIL COLLINS Bin Laden wasn't all that central to the terrorist network any more, but taking him down created...
GAIL COLLINS I will not compare myself with others, nor them with me. I will appreciate myself and others for wha...
GAIL BLANKE There are two kinds of people. One kind, you can just tell by looking at them at what point they con...
GAIL GODWIN I just really like Houston despite its craziness. There is a sense of energy and a kind of excitemen...
GAIL COLLINS If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.
GAIL SHEEHY For a border state, I would argue that Texas is less lunatic on the subject of immigration issues th...
GAIL COLLINS I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's reci...
GAIL SIMMONS