Lidia Bastianich Quotes
I was an immigrant. I came here at 12. We were caught behind the Iron Curtain until I was 10.
Quotes to Explore
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
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I'm curvy.
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I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.
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A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
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So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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Everyone needs something they're good at. You want your kids to be passionate and figure out something they're good at.
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You can't make people laugh for more than half an hour and be consistent.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. Every time I see something beautiful, I not only want to return to it, but it makes me want to see other beautiful things. I know I'm not going to get to all the places I want to go.
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I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity.
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A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support.
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I don't look at Instagram. I don't have much to do with social media.
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The truth of the matter is, all of those guys on Star Trek: The Next Generation actually want to be me. These impersonations they do are just some way of trying to feel what it must be like to be me. And I understand that! Because it feels really good to be Patrick Stewart!
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Every single minute matters, every single child matters, every single childhood matters.
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At my house, it's an, 'If dad says it, you can say it' kind of deal, so a lot of my slang words come off very childish at this point in my career.
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The majority of my work is about preparation.
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I have a whole section of a filing cabinet in my office full of ideas. Some are ideas for books or articles I want to write. One is a romantic comedy; one's about my dad's life. I've also got ideas for books on moral relativism as well as democracy and human nature. There's also a really cool concept for a spy novel.
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If you went to Harvard Medical School, chances are you'll be a doctor at some place. There's a career trajectory. Acting, there's nothing. It's constantly trying to procure jobs - it's very disconcerting.
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I mean, there's definitely a difference between film and live performances or live television. But at the same time, it's just performing. No matter what, it's performing.
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I love travelling and exploring different places in India and around the world.
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I was an immigrant. I came here at 12. We were caught behind the Iron Curtain until I was 10.
