Adnan Sami

My father was a great connoisseur of music and arts. He said, 'I will encourage you in anything you do, but make sure you get a solid education.' So, I studied in the finest schools and went on to become a qualified barrister but didn't take up law because my music was my area of interest.

Pakistani Musician

Garfield Sobers

I don't think cricket is a game that people who have never played or been involved in understand the excitement. It's a game that is full of excitement, because cricket lovers follow the game and understand the basic principles and rules. They become connoisseurs of the game.

Cricketer

P. J. Tucker

I consider myself a pancake connoisseur, because of all the pancakes I've eaten around the world. I've been everywhere in Europe, I've eaten everywhere.

American Basketball Player

Kenneth Koch

Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one's own connoisseur.

American Poet

Mike Birbiglia

In some sense, Comedy Central has made their audience into comedy connoisseurs.

American Comedian

Tracee Ellis Ross

I am a connoisseur of products. I check out everything, I try everything.

American Actress

Khloe Kardashian

I'm like a connoisseur of dry shampoo, so I'm really picky.

American Entertainer

Aasif Mandvi

Indian Actor

James Herriot

British Writer

Scatman Crothers

American Actor

The term implies refined taste developed through experience and education in a particular field.

Cultural Nuance

'Connoisseur' differs from a casual enthusiast; it denotes a deeper level of knowledge.

Not Amateur

The term is not used broadly and is typically linked to a particular subject, like art or food.

Subject Specific

 As an art critic, Apollinaire explained the cubist and surrealist movements to the world, and rose to the defense of many young artists in the face of what was often a xenophobic and narrow-minded public. As a poet, Apollinaire was passionate about all forms of art and a connoisseur of medieval literature,

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 that haven't been influenced at some point by operant conditioning. We even see operant conditioning in some extraordinary situations. One group of scientists showed the power of operant conditioning by teaching pigeons to be art connoisseurs. Using food as a positive reinforcer,

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 that can land any way you wish. You have no idea how this could possibly help, but you thank her anyways. As everything goes dark, you both suddenly find yourself standing in a deep cavern before a robed figure. It turns out that Death is a connoisseur of most excellent music.

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 Okay well based on their size they're a small mammal, based on what I know we have in the garden they're grey squirrel. They are grey squirrel, one out of one, pretty good, pretty good. It's a good track record, I don't consider myself to be a faecal connoisseur like you, but-

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 I was merely a connoisseur of movies featuring desert planets, as I still am. But it was also the tone of how she asked the apropos of nothing, like she didn't even care about the answer, as though she just wanted to talk to me. I did not know what to say. I said, "Yes."

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 best possible combination of mobility and protection but again gladiator armor is different its purpose is to ensure that the spectators connoisseurs of violence see a very balanced content here's another way of doing it you've got bigger holes for the eyes and you

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 Theodoor van De Velde was something of a semen connoisseur. This is a guy writing a book, "Ideal Marriage," you know. Very heavy hetero guy. But he wrote in this book, "Ideal Marriage" -- he said that he could differentiate between the semen of a young man,

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 no one wants to be the first to dig in even in Taiwan there are food taboos that can make connoisseurs hesitate it's a little scary but soon the verdict is in it's just like eating a piece of beef with tendons that is why chef Cho is so

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 they require a lot of time and great skill a connoisseur will always look for the quality of stitching and the pattern that it has created on the quilt

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 vocal cop bowerbirds have been encouraged to create colorful gardens generations of hens have become connoisseurs of art bestowing their