Charlie Trotter Quotes
There has been no great surprise, no sudden revelation. I knew pretty much what I was getting into. What I've learned is that a restaurant can be as much of an art as you want it to be, but it has to be a successful business first.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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I don't have a telephone. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't have one.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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Explosions are not comfortable.
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I've had situations where producers would be like, 'Could you meet me? Take the train; don't tell your parents.'
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.
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All men ought to think of Christ, because of what Christ will yet do to all men. He shall come again one day to this earth with power and glory, and raise the dead from their graves. All shall come forth at His bidding. Those who would not move when they heard the church-going bell, shall obey the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God.
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When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.
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Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.
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I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
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In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.
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Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing somebody would so that someone would dance with me.
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I could, of course, have written about the film world and the jealousy there and the frequent belief that others don't have talent. But, for some reason, it just struck me to write about art.
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If you just kind of live a regular life and make good 'Hollywood' money, you have a certain freedom.
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Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else - very rarely to those who say to themselves, 'Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual!'.
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There has been no great surprise, no sudden revelation. I knew pretty much what I was getting into. What I've learned is that a restaurant can be as much of an art as you want it to be, but it has to be a successful business first.
