Carl Honore Quotes
Turn the preparing of food into a communal affair by enlisting others to help with the chopping, grating, stirring, simmering, tasting and seasoning. When the cooking is finished, eat together round the table with the electronic gadgets switched off so you can savor the food and let the conversation flow.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.
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We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.
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Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
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I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
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You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice.
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Maybe it is the media that has us divided.
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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Being physical and doing my own stunts - it is fun to do these kind of films once in a while, especially before you get too old.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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I love puffins. They are small, round gothic birds, and their babies are called pufflings.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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I do not favor the gag order.
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You can tell when someone is driven by labels. If something is couture, they think it's important and wear it and sometimes make a terrible fashion mistake. People are shocked that I know so little about designers.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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When I have time, I really enjoy cooking.
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The podcast most likely to encourage you to fully appreciate your food is the episode of BBC World Service's 'The Food Chain' in which Antonio Carluccio talks to Emily Thomas about his life in five dishes.
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Sometimes I find myself thinking, rather wistfully, about Lao Tzu's famous dictum: 'Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish.' All around me I see something very different, let us say - a number of angry dwarfs trying to grill a whale.
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Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it.
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Turn the preparing of food into a communal affair by enlisting others to help with the chopping, grating, stirring, simmering, tasting and seasoning. When the cooking is finished, eat together round the table with the electronic gadgets switched off so you can savor the food and let the conversation flow.
