Mario Batali Quotes
The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family.
Quotes to Explore
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You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
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I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.
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The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed.
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It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together.
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Ceausescu thought I had only a few medals, but I have a room full of them in Bucharest, between 150-200 in all. They needed suitcases to haul them out.
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When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman – her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance.
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I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
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Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in.
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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With competition everyone has to try harder.
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A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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The financial crisis and the Great Recession demonstrated, in a dramatic and unmistakable manner, how extraordinarily vulnerable are the large share of American families with very few assets to fall back on. We have come far from the worst moments of the crisis, and the economy continues to improve.
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When you're spending eight to 10 hours out there, the homeless guy is no longer homeless; it's Dave. They become people to you. I think we're really good in this country about saying that they're homeless and, therefore, they don't exist.
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I think, in this country, we have a problem where we view the arts as charity, and therefore, it has no value. Things in America that have value are profitable, and unless you are profitable, we don't know where to put you.
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Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
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The relationship with producers has always, in my experience, been, uhhh - tense. Challenging. But the actors and crew become like family. You're there all those hours - more than on a movie. You come to depend on each other.
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The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family.
