Andrew Zimmern Quotes
Any decision that I make, anything that I do, every single consideration of my day goes through the prism of what my former experience has been.
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My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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I don't understand why young entrepreneurs feel this pressure to take venture capital or go public. Don't get me wrong: Public companies are A-OK with me. I just think there is another way. Staying private is a lot more sane.
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Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and... stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to 'walk about' into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want?
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At the age of 16, my father's father dropped dead of a heart attack. And I think it changed the course of his life, and he became fascinated with death. He then became a medical doctor and obviously fought death tooth and nail for his patients.
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We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life, and I can't say that the Chineseness in me is not there.
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There's always been an incredible amount of junk music, and junk everything. Marshall McLuhan said that a medium surrounds a previous medium, and turns the previous medium into an art form. So, what was once a junk culture, like film, television surrounded it and turned it into an art form.
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I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.
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The mind is always present. You just don't see it.
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Being the only girl, I feel a lot of pressure. I try not to think about it, but I definitely get in the gym a lot more frequently towards awards season. The guys always look great. They're both great looking and wear a good suit and a great tie and some awesome shoes and they're good to go. I'm like, 'I don't know what to do!'
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It never really bothered me that I never got the same publicity.
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Any decision that I make, anything that I do, every single consideration of my day goes through the prism of what my former experience has been.
