Vincent Schiavelli Quotes
My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my homework at one end of the kitchen table while he cooked at the other end.
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There are a lot of bad people out there.
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The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it.
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
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I would never share my daughter's wardrobe. Every five years you have to go through your wardrobe and say, 'This is possible, this is not possible.' But you have to be happy with yourself.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
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It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens.
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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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To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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I don't like fashion. I don't like art. I do like smashing up expensive things.
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I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father.
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For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.
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'Paranormal Activity' was a unique project in that I made it basically on my own, with a little help, and I had no exposure to the filmmaking world when I made it.
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Nickelback offered me a full-membership position. That's a great thing.
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If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.
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College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions.
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You think you're in control, and you're trying to get that square peg in that round hole. You're frustrated, and you realize that you're not in control of everything. You need to just step back and let God.
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YouTube provides a unique opportunity for all musicians to market and promote their music and directly engage their fans.
Chad Hurley -
I never even dreamed of being a chef, and that's fundamental.
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The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people.
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My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my homework at one end of the kitchen table while he cooked at the other end.
