Alex Guarnaschelli Quotes
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I feel pressure, but my emotions just don't show that much in my face.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me – ever.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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The United States has grown into a remarkable nation specifically because of our independent spirit and free market.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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My father died when I was only five years old, and that was the moment when I learned a cruel lesson that tomorrow, in fact, might not be another day.
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Patience! Hence-that word was madeFor brutes of burthen, not for birds of prey;Preach it to mortals of a dust like thine,-I am not of thine order.
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The idea of taking up art as a calling, a profession, is a mirage. Art enriches life. It makes life worth living. But to make a living at it-that idea is incompatible with making art.
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Big companies have always needed and cooperated in areas where it made sense.
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I like to stand in my kitchen with the script on a counter that's about chest high. Usually I do something else at the same time - make a chicken or slice vegetables - and all day long I just read it over and over and over.
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I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.
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You have a shelf-life on TV.
