Andrew Zimmern Quotes
The restaurant industry in New York in the '80s was a good place to hide out if you had issues.
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There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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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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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
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I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.
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The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because I'd written a lot in verse. But, verse stories are hard to sell, so my editor encouraged me to try writing in prose.
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I've always wanted to work with dogs, so in high school, I worked at the Humane Society for a little while. I honestly think, even today, that would be the other career I would go into. Somehow I would be involved with animals.
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You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
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I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
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I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors.
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Microsoft, Disney, Ford, Facebook, and a hundreds and thousands of other companies that affect us daily all began life as baby companies, aka start-ups.
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I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.
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I always knew I'd go to space.
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My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'
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When I was 14, I came to school in London. I remember it was very cold, but also having to adjust and become fluent in English.
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What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.
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The migratory phenomenon exists, and Europe will have to face it together. The only alternative is a 'beggar-thy-neighbor' solution, in which countries try to load the problem off on their neighbors.
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Children who reach the age of eighteen with their entire skills set composed on Nintendo and eating Doritos have been neglected. Their parents neglected to give them the character traits necessary to live successfully.
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I've never made football my priority. My priorities are my faith and my dependence on God.
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The restaurant industry in New York in the '80s was a good place to hide out if you had issues.
