Marcus Samuelsson Quotes
As a chef and activist, I'm particularly concerned with food politics issues such as the farm bill.
 
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	I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.   
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	I eat whatever I want, junk food included.   
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	From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets.   
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	We got Martha Stewart legitimizing homemaking for her generation, and then there's this return to being interested in all things home, lifestyle, and food again. I think this generation is less about the frills and more about the flavor of things.   
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	An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.   
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	I was brought up to think a lot about food and have respect for it, both as medicine and something to eat and enjoy.   
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	I wanted to get away from the Mexican vernacular and do more 'nuevo Latino.' Americans are starting to understand regionality in Mexican food. It is very regional in terms of ingredients.   
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	Rihanna is always on my playlist. I think she pumps you up and gets the day going. I also love - and I know this doesn't sound like a workout album - the Lumineers, lately, and Taylor Swift.   
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	My relationship to food is that of an acrophobe to a bridge. Unease masks a desire to jump.   
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	Years down the line, I became a food stylist.   
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	The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it.   
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	Near Marseilles in the south of France, bouillabaisse is a cult food. In Toulouse and Carcassonne, the bean-based stew cassoulet is a cult food. Spain has paella and a number of others. Italy has so many, its cuisine is practically defined by them.   
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	I am still not a fussy eater, although I do enjoy good food.   
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	I'm a big guy, but I'm really simple with the food. I'll hit the In-N-Out or just the regular buffets.   
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	In every other science fiction series, humans are at the top of the food chain. In the 'Babylon 5' universe, they're in the bottom third.   
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	I eat only simple Indian home food - sabzi, roti, dal, chawal, ghee. There are so many benefits of having ghee. My grandmother is 84 and she is still fit and looks beautiful.   
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	For the Nugent family, fast food is a running herbivore.   
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	Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.   
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	I really think that the music is the food for our souls.   
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	I love music so much; I've always played.   
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	I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop and I think that such a film is now urgently needed.   
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	If you look at United States history since World War II, you find that of the 10 presidents who preceded Barack Obama, seven left office with a debt ratio lower than when they came in. Who were the three exceptions? Ronald Reagan and the two George Bushes.   
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	My parents taught me about the importance of qualities like kindness, respect, and honesty, and I realize how central values like these have been to me throughout my life.   
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	As a chef and activist, I'm particularly concerned with food politics issues such as the farm bill.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					