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Sylvia Woods Quotes

1926–2012

Sylvia Woods (February 2, 1926 – July 19, 2012) was an American restaurateur who founded the restaurant Sylvia's in Harlem on Lenox Avenue, New York City with her husband, Herbert Woods, in 1962. The soul food eatery is a popular gathering place for Harlem residents and tourists not far from the Apollo Theater.

Random Sylvia Woods quote

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A little of this and a little of that and you mix it all together. But a whole lotta love has to go in it. If you don't have that, you have nothing at all.

Keep busy. Put family first, but treat everybody like family. Save your money, but give the credit to a higher power.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sylvia Woods (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.