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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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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I have reservations about everything I do.
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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 heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognizable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross.
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These are the things of which men think, who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and Death and War.
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I've lived a charmed life. I married the only girl I ever loved and did the only job I ever loved.
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I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time.
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From activism to socialising to starting new bands, 99% of everything that happens on MySpace is fun and positive. But with that many people, there's going to be a few bad apples, which presents challenges.
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My email is constantly full, and I'm constantly being called, like, 'We need your decision on this.'
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Which would you part with first-your tobacco, your whisky, or your religion? Your tea, or your religion? Which would you shake hands with and bid good-bye for ever-your coffee, or your religion? I should think I had disgraced the man that stands before you this day, if I loved any object on the earth better than I love my religion and my God.
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An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm.
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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.
