Emeril Lagasse Quotes
The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are doing it on weekends, they're doing their own challenges. It's back to cooking. And it's real cooking.
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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I want someone who will love me for the person I am and not because of my status. It has to be someone who understands the pressure of playing for India. It will be very difficult to be with a person who has her own career because someone has to make sacrifices for the family and house.
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books. I feel accomplished, giddy, and tired. Mostly, though, I feel thankful. A trilogy is a huge investment on the part of author, publisher, and reader, and I'm grateful that so many people were willing to invest along with me.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I'll get up at 5 or 6. I try to catch up on sleep on the weekends, so I'll try to get seven hours of sleep. During the week, my ideal is to go to bed at 9 and wake up six hours later.
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Every argument on lynching in the South gets back sooner or later to the question of rape.
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A man should never be appointed into a managerial position if his vision focuses on people's weaknesses rather than on their strengths.
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I am convinced that anyone can be a great writer . . . if he can only . . . tell the naked truth about himself and other people. That, a little technique with words and the willingness to bare heart, soul and body are really all it takes.
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Comedy is wonderful when you really nail it and you hear people laughing, but it's not always that easy.
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This filthy twentieth century. I hate its guts.
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The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are doing it on weekends, they're doing their own challenges. It's back to cooking. And it's real cooking.
