Christopher Voss Quotes
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A lot of young chefs today get carried away by trends, by influences, by movements.
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Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.
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I had dreams of winning Olivier Awards.
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I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
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When elites see a homeless person in the gutter, they assume he's saving a parking place.
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When your maturity is derived from circumstantial factors other than faith, your level of maturity would continue to fluctuate rather than being stable. This is why I am enabled to maintain a balance and stable approach to the challenges that come my way every day. I am not moved by what people say or do concerning my relationship with God.
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I want to just be what kids believe in.
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There is something very very special, universal and easily identifiable among all Jews; it is beyond territory, it is something we all have in common.
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I wrote my first play when I was eight.
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For everyone, 'Star Wars' has been a part of their lives in some capacity. I remember watching it very early on with my cousins and my brother, and we were all cuddled around the VHS player, which sounds very old-fashioned, but that was the way then.
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I don't believe in ghosts.
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People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.
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Musically, I always wanted to experiment.
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Sometimes in international politics, the better part of wisdom is to defer dangers rather than try to eliminate them altogether instantly.
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As far as stand-ups go, I always loved Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, and Sinbad. Basically, I love black comedians because they're the funniest. I wish I were a black comedian, actually.
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I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.
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Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.
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'The central defect of the human mind,' Custine said, 'is its unfortunate habit of seeing patterns where none exist. Of course, that is also its chief asset.''But sometimes a very dangerous one.'
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In my family history, there are generations of women who were abandoned by men. It's one of the themes of my family.
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Recognition of the harm that patriarchy has caused to people and the planet does not mean that men are wrong and women are right; rather it is a call for new organizational forms and for relishing gender differences within a context of equality.
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Two stops after I got on, these two unbelievable short people got on, and the way they were looking at me, I could tell. They wanted to bite my ankles!
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'No' is a dynamic that you've got to master before you can ever master 'yes.'
