Marcus Samuelsson Quotes
I love chicken. But, like a lot of chefs and cooks, I get tired of preparing it the same way.
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I don't miss acting at all.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.
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Bitcoin is both disruptive from a technology perspective, but there's a tremendous power of social good behind it. So you can both build a cool business or have a great investment return, and there's the promise of potentially improving the remittance industry or banking the unbanked.
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Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.
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I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.
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It was a superb agreement to end a war, but a very bad agreement to make a state. From now on, we have to part company with Dayton and try to build a modern democratic state, for which I have tried to lay the foundations.
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After university, I was working as a stylist in the Paris theatres when I had a flash of inspiration. I made necklaces from the bikinis designed for the cabaret performers of Folies Bergeres. I was so happy with them that it was only then that I sought out formal training in jewelry.
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After 'Chandni Bar' there was a shutdown of such bars in Mumbai. After 'Page 3' people started avoiding such events. 'Traffic Signal' exposed the money flow through the mafia. I'm not apologetic about the brutal truth in my films. Almost 70% of my films are based on reality, and 30% I fictionalize or change to suit my film.
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I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't any more, it didn't shock me. It seemed natural and right!
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The world is a song, but we do not know whether it is a good song because we have nothing to compare it with.
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I'm a total foodie.
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The easiest way I can describe what makes a pop song a pop song is that it's a song you want to hear over and over.
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I enjoy 'The Apprentice' and the one that's called 'Take My Life' and the other one called 'Stop Hitting Me.'
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From wrestling to my hip-hop thing, I've just been able to do so much and meet so many crazy characters.
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Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of human life is to grasp as much as we can out of the infinitude.
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We were like a moth right next to the flame. It's like, do any more and you go down. We were so tired. One final lap, and then have a rest.
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If you always experience new and better things than before, then you don't get tired at all.
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I'm so tired of talking about Warren Buffett.
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I like for my home to reflect my fashion. I love adding earthy pieces to something very glamorous, and I love having things with a history or a story sitting alongside an uber-modern piece.
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I love chicken. But, like a lot of chefs and cooks, I get tired of preparing it the same way.
