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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Food binds us to our roots as strongly as any song or poem. Many of us have learned more about our ancestors in the kitchen than we ever will from a book.
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After one has been in a lowly position, one knows how dangerous it is to climb to a high place, Once one has been in the dark, one knows how revealing it is to go into the light. Having maintained quietude, one knows how tiring compulsive activity is. Having nurtured silence, one knows how disturbing much talk is.
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In the Sixties, fashion was about liberation. It was about setting women free; it wasn't about being unable to walk.
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I gravitate towards happy music. I love the Beach Boys.
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If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now.
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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.
