Alexandra Guarnaschelli Quotes
The better the ingredients, the more farmers I can buy from, the closer I feel to the food I want to make that represents what I care about as a chef.
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I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to the new suburbs, near the film studios. This was the England I wanted to write about, because this was the new world that was emerging.
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Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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I first read Heinlein when I was very young.
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I remember taking my mom and dad to the premiere of 'The Inbetweeners Movie' and being really nervous. My mom was like, 'Laura, don't worry: I've watched all of the first series of the TV show, so I understand what this is going to be like.'
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I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
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You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews.
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I'm not in a position to go back into public service.
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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
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I am extremely lucky that I have a husband who is so supportive. He's not in the slightest bit jealous or worried about the things I do in certain scenes.
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We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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We are all terminal.
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White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.
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I lived somebody else's life. It was never about me, it was really about him on every level.
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I think it's really important for your mental health to think about the big questions, to discuss them and open your mind, in order to prepare you for both life and death.
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Food doesn't necessarily have to suck in order to be healthy. It doesn't have to be terrible to be healthy anymore.
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Rumours are rumours. The Internet is going to report whatever they have to speculate on.
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The better the ingredients, the more farmers I can buy from, the closer I feel to the food I want to make that represents what I care about as a chef.
