Mario Batali Quotes
I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.

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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.
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We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.
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I have never found out that there was in my family an artist or anyone interested in the arts or sciences, and I have never been sufficiently interested in my 'family tree' to bother. My father and mother had come to America on one of those great waves of immigration that followed persecution and pogroms in Czarist Russia and Poland.
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With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.
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Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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I don't fear anyone. We don't come to play in this sport.
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There are a lot of countries, oil-producing countries, that aren't very democratic, but supported by the United States. That's odd.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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Around 2005, the Canadian army tapped me to do a dramatization for a series of foresight workshops they'd done. They had stacks of papers and needed it boiled down to something simple enough for a 4-star general to understand. We decided to do it as a story. That's how I created 'Crisis in Zefra.'
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I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
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I have a huge passion for animals and while retirement is a long way off, when I do I would love to do something with animals.
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I was excited to play Lil' Kim and I wanted to do the role justice. I worked really hard on that role, whether it was performing the rhymes, studying the dialect, her swagger and her stage performances. I wanted people to see my range and stretch my wings as an actress.
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I used to live at the Cecil Hotel, which was next door to Minton's [Playhouse]. We used to jam just about every night when we were off. Lester [Young], Don Byas and myself - we would meet there all the time and like, exchange ideas. It wasn't a battle, or anything. We were all friends. Most of the guys around then knew where I lived. If someone came in Minton's and started to play - well, they'd give me a ring, or come up and call me down. Either I'd take my horn down, or I'd go down and listen. Those were good days. Had a lot of fun then.
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A man is as alive as he can communicate.
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A great coder can easily be 50 times more productive than a mediocre one, while bad ones ultimately have negative productivity.
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I want to do everything in my power to ensure the equality between all movements of Judaism in the state of Israel: Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform. In conversions, in budgets, in the eyes of the law. No one can claim ownership over the Jewish God.
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I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.