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 choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.
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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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The most brilliant scientific discoveries will in time change and perhaps grow obsolete as new scientific manifestations emerge. But art is eternal, for it reveals the inner landscape, which is the soul of man.
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We are our own worst inhibitors
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A report of a most alarming nature reached me two days ago.
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I'm tired of being hunted all over. I can't go anywhere without criticism.
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People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote.
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I love chicken. But, like a lot of chefs and cooks, I get tired of preparing it the same way.
