Gail Simmons Quotes
There's not a single chef I know of that does not think about the politics of the food they're serving.
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Networking is never easier than when people are coming to you.
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One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist.
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Attraction doesn't stop when a child is born. It's the opposite. Being a mum and dad makes you even sexier.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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Everybody likes money. I like money. I need money to survive. But I don't love money. Money is not my god.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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Coming up with ideas is really hard - they don't spontaneously pop into my head while I'm cutting vegetables.
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I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.
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The verdict of the world is conclusive.
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The directories businesses still make nothing but money. They're overleveraged, they're bankrupt entities, but they still are the largest. This is all going to move online over time. Why Citysearch and Service Magic are so important to us, is because nobody has really colonized it yet completely.
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There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
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First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
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I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.
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I love the Middle East. My earliest childhood memories are of Jerusalem. I love the colors and smells and cadence of Arabic spoken in the streets of Cairo or Beirut. I also love the modernity and verve of Tel Aviv.
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Real talent shines through regardless of how many others there are around you.
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I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish more to be than a good dancer.
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On the other hand, a flaccid, moping, debauched mollusc, tired from too much love and loose-nerved from general world conditions, can be a shameful thing served raw upon the shell.
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The big problem is to find suitable hats. I don't care for them all that much, but you have to wear them in politics.
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There's not a single chef I know of that does not think about the politics of the food they're serving.
