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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The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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Adventure should be 80 percent 'I think this is manageable,' but it's good to have that last 20 percent where you're right outside your comfort zone. Still safe, but outside your comfort zone.
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I think my viewers want smart, honest programming. They don't want to be told what makes them feel good.
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It's hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier's death.
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I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
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The restaurant industry in New York in the '80s was a good place to hide out if you had issues.
