Lidia Bastianich Quotes
There's a great need to convene at the table with family and friends. People are feeling it and wanting it. For me to be a minor player in helping with that, it makes me so happy.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.
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People are generally forced to change. We don't want to change, and then something absolutely forces us to realize that what we are doing isn't working or that our picture of the world is wrong. We fail. So we change.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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I spend days with writers' block. It is a problem.
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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Set a clear, easy-to-understand vision for your company, and make it be a mission people believe in.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.
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With any entertainment business, you sort of have to be OK with just going with it. I've learned very much to just go with the flow and see what happens with my life, and what happens happens.
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There's a great need to convene at the table with family and friends. People are feeling it and wanting it. For me to be a minor player in helping with that, it makes me so happy.
