Marcus Samuelsson Quotes
I happen to love coconut, particularly for that sweet and crunchy texture it adds to any dish.
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When I was in high school,we were, like, 4,000 or 5,000 students, and 50 girls - and I didn't have a date for my prom. My father paid my cousin to take me.
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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I am a Democrat. But I am an independent Democrat.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
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Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
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Given the divisiveness and pain that have accompanied several state religious freedom laws, I approach attempts at legislating religious exceptions to anti-discrimination laws with great sensitivity and care.
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When you're young you don't think, 'This person is going to change your life.' But when you start recording your own songs, it comes back and reminds you.
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I personally approve all the shoes that go into production, and I have a level of involvement with the factories that other people don't have.
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While I was growing up all over, in all my different schools, I was always doing theater, auditioning for plays.
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I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.
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Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad.
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There are some jobs where you think, 'There's no way! This would be too, too good. The universe would love me too much were it to actually happen.'
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There are a lot of times where, filming 'It Follows,' I'm fighting against a guy dressed in a green suit for special effects, and I'm just like, 'No. There's no way this is going to be pulled off.'
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So instead of beating myself up for being fat, I think it's a miracle that I laugh every day and walk through my life with pride, because our culture is unrelenting when it comes to large people.
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I want to shine a spotlight on showing how dangerous Trump and his Twitter button can be.
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Politics is never about the people. It's about money. And wars. And how many heads you can step on and bodies you can step over. And I'm just not that kind of person.
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When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't get a handful of mud either.
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The work I've done through my Common Culture Music series has enabled me not only to share my joy of music at scale but also promote the artists I love.
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I am proud to be a Southerner. I think Southern hospitality is very... I don't think it's just a term. I think it really exists. You can come to Savannah, and the people are so sweet and so nice.
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Being a father makes everything in the world make sense.
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I happen to love coconut, particularly for that sweet and crunchy texture it adds to any dish.
