Alex Atala Quotes
ATÁ is not an institute for chefs or for recipes or for food or for foodies. This is an institute for change... we can be an important support, for local culture, for social benefits, for economic benefits, not only money. We don't change lives, we change communities.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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When I am behind and I am looking ahead and there is that line in front of you, of that guy, of winning and losing, then I really hang it out there and take big risks to make the speed up, and then I'm pretty good at passing.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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There are complications in relationships between men and women. There always will be.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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I really wanted to make 'Everest' visceral, real. One thing that amazed me when I was scouting in base camp is the volume of Everest: It's humbling. I wanted to find a way to bring that to the screen. One way was 3D.
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When there was a fight in school, because I was the tall one, the teachers would say, 'I know you were there. I could see you.'
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I'm much more shy than most of my family.
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Farden, I swear to the gods, I will carry you through this door myself if you don’t hurry up!
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Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change.
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Nothing is going to change the fact that I believe Ronald Reagan is the greatest president in my lifetime - may well be the greatest president this nation ever had.
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History is preoccupied with fundamental processes of change. If you are allergic to these processes, you abandon history and take cover in the social sciences. Today anthropology, sociology, etc, flourish. History is sick. But then our society too is sick.
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High-energy collisions have led to the observation of many hundreds of new hadronic particle states. These new particles, which are generally unstable, appear to be just as fundamental as the neutron and the proton.
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ATÁ is not an institute for chefs or for recipes or for food or for foodies. This is an institute for change... we can be an important support, for local culture, for social benefits, for economic benefits, not only money. We don't change lives, we change communities.
