Lidia Bastianich Quotes
I love that I've become a mentor, almost like a mother, to all the people out there that love Italian, that love cooking. I seem to make them comfortable.
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What was once underground is now coming to the surface.
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
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I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future.
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Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it's only in a lighter mood... she just jokes.
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By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy.
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Well, it is curious what lasts and what doesn't. Publishing empires and whatnot would pay anything to figure it out. But they can't figure it out.
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I was able to do well for myself, make a statement in the league. I had a heck of a time doing it, but at the end of the day, it's about me and my family and being comfortable and being fun.
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Success can allow you to try for greatness, can give you an opportunity to take a chance on something. I'm very blessed to have the success that I've had, and that's given me so many opportunities to work on being great.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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A lot of people don't like to spend money on a journal because they're afraid to wreck it, which is understandable. I buy beautifully made leather-bound journals because I have lost my fear of the blank page.
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I wouldn't like to live in a castle now, but I'd enjoy a visit to Restormel in Cornwall in its 13th century prime. It's a circular castle with the rooms built against the outer walls and quite intimate in size. Life there wouldn't follow the pattern of more classic castle design.
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We believe that when there is a democratic setup, we have a greater voice.
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I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.
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I love that I've become a mentor, almost like a mother, to all the people out there that love Italian, that love cooking. I seem to make them comfortable.
