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 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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Sammy Sosa? Everybody knew who Sammy was, paid attention to Sammy. I had already signed in pro ball when he had the great homer year with Mark McGwire in '98. But I followed it, and I was proud of him because he was my countryman. There are a lot of great ballplayers from the Dominican, and he's one of the best.
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Hygiene is important. That's one of my failings. So I'm always being called on that.
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I think men are more adventurous in that they're more likely to take chances. Women play it safe. But now, maybe more of the women that see how it's working for the guys think, 'I can do that, too'. Maybe they'll pick male players, not necessarily female players; it's just whatever that match is that works for that player.
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Everyone says buying your first apartment makes you feel like an adult. What no one mentions is that selling it turns you right back into a child.
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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.
