Ted Allen Quotes
I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment. The whole place revolves around it.
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I've always been very visceral in that I feel things very deeply.
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam.
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I'm a very private person, so obviously I don't enjoy talking about more personal matters.
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Let me clarify this very definitely. This is not an authoritarian organization.
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My plans are not to open a restaurant, but what I would like to do is open a kitchen somewhere in D.C. proper and have a chef's table where people can come and taste my food without having to have a catered event.
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I feel very, very blessed.
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I have a very small public.
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The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
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I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.
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I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.
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I was 25 years old when I arrived in D.C. It was just myself and two people who worked and helped me in the kitchen. I was only cooking for three people most of the time.
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The kitchen is where we deal with the elements of the universe. It is where we come to understand our past and ourselves.
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People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.
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Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.
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I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.
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When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.
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If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.
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I've been fascinated by the world ever since I read 'Kitchen Confidential' by Anthony Bourdain. I've watched 'Top Chef' and watched interviews with chefs on 'Charlie Rose'... I thought they're really intriguing characters, and they really encapsulate that tension between vision and commerce, art and commerce.
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Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. Let me expand a bit. I sense that you may feel that I am free of problems. Let me assure you that I have the same anxieties and insecurities as anyone in this auditorium - maybe more.
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In credits, I'm 'Michael' sometimes now, but people know you as something, so there's no point fighting it. 'Squiggle,' you'll always be 'Prince,' and 'The Rock,' just accept it. I want to move on, but not that much. So I'm still known as 'Johnny Vegas.'
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The very word possibility creates a mental climate conducive to creativity.
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I think family is our reason for being. I was lucky to be born into a very close-knit family.
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I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment. The whole place revolves around it.
