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'm a good eater and like to make my own meals. I start my day with granola, fresh fruit, and skim milk and end it with something healthy that also comes from my own kitchen.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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My teacher, my great cello teacher Leonard Rose, was such a great cellist, and nurturing man, very patient. But I grew up not only admiring him, but obviously Casals, Rostrotovich, Jacqueline du Pre, and many others, including many of my peers and contemporaries.
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Libraries can take the place of God.
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Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of government when anyone complains.
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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.
