Joel Robuchon Quotes
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Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
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We loved cars until the '70s or so. Then they became appliances. They turned into motorized cup holders. Most of it has to do with urban sprawl. What began as pleasure ends up in necessity, as so many things do.
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The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
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I almost can't believe this even needs to be said, but it's not unwarranted to burden retirement advisers with a requirement that they act in their clients' best interest.
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What's so special about this team is that we all have the same mentality, this sort of, 'We've been knocked down, let's get back up' mentality.
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It's getting harder as I get more known. Even though it's my break, I couldn't really go out and get drunk - because people expect you to be training and getting up early. But I'm not bothered about missing out on normal teenage things.
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You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided.
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My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
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I don't think there are enough stories told about black men and their relationships and how they build and bond with one another.
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I don't see why women have to get naked to sell an album. It's crazy.
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I had a suit made for me when I was five. It was double-breasted, mohair and purple. My mother was very particular about clothing - it always used to have to go back into the plastic and it used to drive me insane.
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The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
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Oh, I am such a nerd when it comes to music - I only listen to Broadway!
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The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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When some French were assembling an encyclopedia of paranormal experiences, they decided to leave déjà vu out, because it was so common it could not be considered paranormal.
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I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.
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My parents came over from Barbados in the late 1950s and early '60s.
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People ask me all the time what it is about Australia that produces so many big stars. Honestly, I believe it is a combination of things. Our education standards are quite high, but our industry is very limited. Yet we're very aware of the industry - everyone goes to the theater, sees TV shows.
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My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation - but I'm working on the foundation.
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I remember as a child listening to comedic musicals and thinking they were a real riot. I had pretty questionable taste in comedy.
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The last episode of Dallas was in '1991.' Unfortunately, it was a terrible episode to end the show on: it was a sort of 'It's a Wonderful Life' with Larry as the Jimmy Stewart character. In that episode, I was an ineffectual-schlep kind of brother, who got divorced three or four times and was a Las Vegas reject.
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When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son.
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I love Vegas. It really has the most wonderful shows, the greatest performers.
