Gail Simmons Quotes
Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
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I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan.
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If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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I like manual things, doing things with my hands, the feeling of touching.
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The tax incentives in place for 'House of Cards' in Maryland have resulted in hundreds and hundreds of jobs and not just for actors, but for carpenters and waitresses and hotel workers. The amount of hotel nights and meals that the production of a television series brings to a state is staggering.
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The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
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We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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My mother was always supportive.
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Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
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The beautiful uncut hair of graves.
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I had planned to spend my 40s continuing my public service and starting a family. I thought that by fighting for the people I cared about and loving those close to me, I could leave the world a better place.
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Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe.
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It is disheartening when you read an interview with an actress, and it starts by describing what she is wearing.
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I used to have a rant all the time when things went wrong, at everybody around me, because you just have to get the frustration out.
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Philadelphia is a depressing intellectual slum.
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To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it. Every day, parents and teachers ask me, 'How do I build grit in kids? What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?' The honest answer is, I don't know.
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Maybe his heart is searching for and not finding the place it used to live. I understand that because mine is searching and not finding too.
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Liberman said to me, 'I must cut back on the work you do for Vogue. The editors don't like it. They say the photographs burn on the page . After some years, I began to understand that what they wanted of me was simply a nice, sweet, clean-looking image of a lovely young woman.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
