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 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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Musically, I always wanted to experiment.
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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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I would say, we can't allow ourselves to be frightened into not living our lives, and I think that we have to keep going and we have to keep going with the faith that thing will get better … And things will get better when we make them better.
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I took the leap, yes, but I didn't like the ledge where I landed - I fought the bear, I kissed the princess, but now I don't want to be king. Well, where in the fairy tales did it ever say Cinderella had to like being queen?
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That conflict between the reach for the divine and the lure of earthly things was to be the central problem of the Middle Ages.
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Quintili Vare, legiones redde!
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There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.
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Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. This makes them prone to set themselves up as critics and censors of the frail and erring human beings whose lot they share.
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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.
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'No' is a dynamic that you've got to master before you can ever master 'yes.'
