Jean-Georges Vongerichten Quotes
At lunchtime, our kitchen was like a mini restaurant: my grandmother and mother had to cook for as many as 25 people - extended family plus 10 employees. We ate a lot of cabbage and a lot of potatoes.
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The world is too violent right now.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
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No man may make another free.
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If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.
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In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.
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When I go from a role with heavy prosthetic makeup, which I've done quite a bit of as well, and then do a role where I'm not wearing any, I have to be conscious of toning everything down.
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The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.
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Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.
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In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.
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The Emmy nomination did a world of good for my confidence.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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Family is the most important thing: you can't buy them with money.
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At lunchtime, our kitchen was like a mini restaurant: my grandmother and mother had to cook for as many as 25 people - extended family plus 10 employees. We ate a lot of cabbage and a lot of potatoes.
