Alton Brown Quotes
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It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.
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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.
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I am the guardian of power, not its owner.
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Without my Johnson trademark mop of yellow hair, I think I would be nothing.
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We've seen what happens when it serves a president's interest to flaunt his faith - which is almost inevitably does, since every poll affirms that Americans want their leader to submit to some higher power.
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When I'm on vacation here in the States, I can do all kinds of stuff; I can train and keep busy.
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Now there is a new group every week; it seems like everybody and anybody can get into the charts.
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When people think of someone being prolific, it's like, 'He's got a vault with 5,000 songs in it,' or something, but I just kind of pick them out of the air when they float by.
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Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.
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We have Christians against Muslims against Jews, and no matter how liberal your theology, merely identifying yourself as a Christian or a Jew lends tacit validity to this status quo. People have morally identified with a subset of humanity rather than with humanity as a whole.
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I was a hacker of sorts. Not a mind 'reader,' exactly; more a mind 'radar,' in tune with the workings of the aether. I could sense the nuances of dreamscapes and rogue spirits. Things outside myself. Things the average voyant wouldn't feel.
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I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.
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Let's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.
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Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.
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Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.
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Water efficiency, recycling, and other local supplies will help California flourish in a drier future.
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I read everything by Ian McEwan, he is so elegant. I love reading anything about Shakespeare, too. He is my first love. If I had a time machine, I would be hanging out with him.
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Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.
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I think all writers write from the time they're really young, and you just start asking the question, 'What if?'
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I cook a little bit. I make a Hungarian dish called chicken paprikash that's out of this world. I'll give a heads-up to all of your readers that it doesn't have to be between Thai and Mexican every night. Toss some Hungarian in every once in a while. You will not be sorry. Good, solid peasant food.
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In their search for quality, people seem to be looking for permanency in a time of change.
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I'd like to credit my speed to my grandfather. But he was also a quiet player. He didn't talk much. He just went out there on the field and did his own thing.
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So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
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Do not allow watching food to replace making food.
