Jean-Georges Vongerichten Quotes
My kitchen in New York City is in the Richard Meier building on Perry Street, so it's ultra-modern: white, glass and transparent. It's 180 square feet, with an induction stove. Everything's hidden, so you don't see the microwave or the fridge.
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I feel like I personally have been lucky.
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At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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My most annoying habit is complaining about my aches and pains. It's the new ones that I haven't identified yet that make me nervous. According to my wife, I complain way too much. I may be a borderline hypochondriac, or you could say I am fascinated by the body - at least by mine.
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Today, currently, business owners can go out and find out if the person they are hiring is eligible to work here or if they are not. We need to think about how we are impacting workers.
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I go on a good many adventure-type trips. Whenever I go on one, it's always potentially going to be the setting for one of my books. I pay more attention to certain aspects than some other people might. Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't. Most of the books I write are based on experiences I've had to some extent.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.
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I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
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I like to laugh and make people have fun.
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When you get out of the Marine Corps, you feel like you can do anything.
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How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.
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The world was not supportive. They look at me as a joke for 13 to 14 years until I could prove feasibility; then I had competitors. Those that laughed at me became my competitors.
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I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.
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Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.
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People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures.
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When I went to prom, I wore my hair down. But I love the idea of a long dress with your hair up. It's just gorgeous.
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Everyone freaks out because my character is the only one who has shorts on the Galactica. Well, that is because I went and grabbed a pair of pants and scissors and cut them off and gave her shorts.
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Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well.
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My kitchen in New York City is in the Richard Meier building on Perry Street, so it's ultra-modern: white, glass and transparent. It's 180 square feet, with an induction stove. Everything's hidden, so you don't see the microwave or the fridge.
