Alton Brown Quotes
I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do.
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In the eyes of many people, giving doesn't count unless it's completely selfless. In reality, though, giving isn't sustainable when it's completely selfless.
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Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.
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Every time - well, not every time, but in celebration of a great review or a great accolade, I take the team of Daniel to Katz's Deli for lunch. We take the trip on the subway, we were like 40 or 50 people, and we go in the back room and have a pastrami sandwich.
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I'm not a fan of people romanticizing their loved ones in death.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice.
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We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It's an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system.
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People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.
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When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South America is America. Central America is America. South America has many people in it of African descent.
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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
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I have enjoyed every call. The ones involving direct contact with people have been most rewarding.
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The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.
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I think there are some people who are just kind of born to create drama and then capitalise on it.
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I liked 'Star Wars,' but I wasn't an uberfan like many people are.
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Seeing death is not as difficult as you might think. What's harder is to see people suffer. It's the people the dead left behind that get to you.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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There are a variety of techniques to help people change the kind of thinking that leads them to become depressed. These techniques are called cognitive behavioral therapy.
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Football is made up of all kinds of conflict. In a dressing room, between players, between us and the manager, between us and loads of people who don't seem to matter. It's constant and harsh sometimes.
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I really don't care what people say. It's amazing that feminism continues to exist at all, considering how much counter-feminism is out there.
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I've had a couple of long relationships. And I've had a couple of shorter relationships.
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And to any new fans we made along the way, I say... welcome to our party. It's just starting to get going.
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I also do not recommend shopping with Cordelia Naismith-but I would watch that reality show.
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I think it is important that we are targeting HIV/AIDS resources into the communities where we're seeing the highest growth rates. That means education and prevention, particularly with young people.
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I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do.
