Ted Allen Quotes
One of the smartest things you can do on 'Chopped' is to take one of those ingredients and make a pickle out of it, because almost every dish benefits from that. I'm feeling like those intuitions are becoming more natural.
Quotes to Explore
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I like to prove people wrong.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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I love making movies, but a movie becomes your entire life for, like, two to two and a half years. There's no way around it; if you're really going to be serious about a movie, it has to be your life.
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.
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You don't choose who you sit next to in a theater. You sit in a theater, and there's an energy that happens.
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I can swear like a fishwife.
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When you are the invisible man to the head coach, the only option is to head for the exit.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.
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The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.
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I voted for you during your last election.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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I never read about photography.
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I grew up in eastern Kentucky, and we would sing in the churches, and there's lots of good mountain church singers out there. Like a lot of folks who turn out to be secular music artists, that's a lot of the training you put in, whether you know it or not.
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Before I had my own restaurant, I was never top dog in the kitchen. I've always had a low opinion of myself as a cook.
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A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
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One of the smartest things you can do on 'Chopped' is to take one of those ingredients and make a pickle out of it, because almost every dish benefits from that. I'm feeling like those intuitions are becoming more natural.
