Jean-Georges Vongerichten Quotes
The toughest decision is always whether to open a restaurant. Two or three bad months, and you could be out of business.
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I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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A Persian army being then subject to great inconveniences, for their horses are tied and generally shackled to prevent them from running away, and if an alarm happens, a Persian has the housing to fix, his horse to bridle, and his corslet to put on before he can mount.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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I have reservations about everything I do.
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This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
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We're the first not-white family to ever live in the governor's mansion. My son-in-law is Puerto Rican. I have a beautiful little granddaughter who is half Korean and half Latina. I'm the only white guy in the house.
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Seth Green, he and I are trying to figure out how this all came about. Because we don't remember what came first, the chicken or the egg, no pun intended. But I don't remember what came first, 'Robot Chicken' or our friendship, because we've known each other for so long.
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I want to live my life naked, with all my little naked kids naked in the garden.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
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Our influences are who we are. It's rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision; even Daniel Johnston sounds like the Beatles. And that's the problem with the bands I'm always asked about, the ones derivative of the early Seattle sound. They don't dilute their influences enough.
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I can tell you all kinds of moral tales, but fashion and reality are vaguely different.
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I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.
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I always thought I'd eventually learn how to draw really well, and despite constant evidence to the contrary, I just kept on trying. If you're too good at anything, you don't have to think about the process, whereas I feel like I spend my life with my head under the bonnet, trying to understand how everything works.
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I'm very humble.
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I've got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I've got so many scars I want to leave on the planet. I just feel like I'm not there yet. I feel like I am just getting started.
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I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader.
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The toughest decision is always whether to open a restaurant. Two or three bad months, and you could be out of business.
