Jean-Georges Vongerichten Quotes
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
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One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.
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In Japan, the average age of agricultural workers is 65.8. When the aging of its population is accelerating so rapidly, it will be very difficult to sustain the sector whether we liberalize trade or not.
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There was nothing about 'The Killing' that patronized its audience, and it was quite slow and detailed, all of the things which, for a long time, people had been nervous of making.
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Modelling wasn't a passion of mine, so that made it get old kind of quickly. I was getting very frustrated.
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Indy, I have lots of great memories from there, and probably the part of me that doesn't feel quite as longing for it is that there is still a chance that I could do it again. It's not gone.
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.
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Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines.
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I've been with my husband and friends for so long, I've forgotten what is unappealing to new people.
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And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.
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My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice.
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People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood.'
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I need to be in front of my obstacle. I like to have a back dialogue; I like to talk with people; I like to share ideas.
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Straight couples don't have to be monogamous to be married or married to be monogamous. Monogamy no more defines marriage than the presence of children does. Monogamy isn't compulsory and its absence doesn't invalidate a marriage.
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The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies.
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A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.
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John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palin's ignorance of public affairs is monumental.
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Every kid in America dreams of playing in the big leagues and they don't, just because. It's not because they blew out their knee. It's just because they didn't make it.
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For what are we born if not to aid one another?
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Images adorn our inner life and carry great power there.
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For me, the food is most excited in 'Top Chef Mexico', I get to try it all. My mouth waters just thinking about it.
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It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble.
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I want every dish to be a ten.
