Jacques Pepin Quotes
Just because I am a chef doesn't mean I don't rely on fast recipes. Indeed, we all have moments when, pressed for time, we'll use a can of tuna and a tomato for a first course. It's a question of choosing the right recipes for the rest of the menu.
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I think when I first started acting there were different people who I thought, 'I want that person's career or that person's career.' And as time has gone on, it's become really clear to me what is important to me; getting the best roles, the roles that I feel are challenging and scary and that I haven't done yet.
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I think 'North by Northwest' and 'Rope' and Rear Window' and 'Psycho' are on my list of favorite all time movies. I just think his kind of command as a director was almost unparalleled, and I feel like in certain ways the sort of character-based thriller owes more to Hitchcock than anyone.
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I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.
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Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.
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I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived in six different places.
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Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
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We moved from the East coast to the town of Spokane, Washington, when I was about 13 years old, and I did not adapt very well to the, to the style of the place, and I spent most of my time in the public library.
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People often ask me why I don't take up more heroine-oriented roles. My question is, 'Where are these roles?' I really appreciate actresses who sign only films with meaty roles. However, there aren't too many of them. The industry is simply male-dominated.
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'Forrest Gump' is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.
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Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.
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I don't think there's ever a right time to have kids. I'm actually pretty glad it's happened quite young.
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Down time is not the name of the game.
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The first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed.
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The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.
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Despite the fact that Rouhani has been a long-time insider in a government that has committed countless human rights violations, and that he himself called for the execution of peaceful activists in 1999, many people inside and outside Iran are optimistic that he might indeed favor greater respect for the rights of the Iranian people.
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7 Mile is like an Ave. Back in the days it was poppin' in the summer time.
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When I started Net-a-Porter, I knew nothing. And I was pregnant. Starting a new venture and being pregnant for the first time are pretty similar in many ways. If you knew what was going to happen to you, you wouldn't venture down that road.
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There is something enormously compelling about Fran Cutler. She is a thrilling bundle of energy and enthusiasm.
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I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe.
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My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career.
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I'd really like to work with Gwen Stefani and Cee Lo.
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Hair and make-up people don't get enough credit for what they do. It's not just making people look good. It's really creating the character.
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Religion is there to say, 'Hey, you don't have to worry - there's an afterlife.'
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Just because I am a chef doesn't mean I don't rely on fast recipes. Indeed, we all have moments when, pressed for time, we'll use a can of tuna and a tomato for a first course. It's a question of choosing the right recipes for the rest of the menu.
